Thoracic lymph nodes
Appearance
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Thoracic lymph nodes | |
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![]() 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. | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nodi lymphoidei thoracis |
FMA | 12772 |
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
[edit] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 715 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)