Thoracic lymph nodes

Thoracic lymph nodes
Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic). Afferent vessels are represented by continuous lines, and efferent and internodular vessels by dotted lines.
The tracheobronchial lymph glands.
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Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei thoracis
FMA12772
Anatomical terminology

The lymph glands of the thorax may be divided into parietal and visceral — the former being situated in the thoracic wall, the latter in relation to the viscera.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 715 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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