Intercostal 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. (Intercostal nodes and vessels labeled at center left.) | |
Details | |
System | Lymphatic system |
Drains to | Right lymphatic duct, thoracic duct |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nodi lymphoidei intercostales |
Anatomical terminology |
The intercostal lymph nodes (intercostal glands) occupy the posterior parts of the intercostal spaces, in relation to the intercostal vessels.
They receive the deep lymphatics from the postero-lateral aspect of the chest; some of these vessels are interrupted by small lateral intercostal glands.
This article incorporates text in the
public domain from
page 715 of the 20th edition of
Gray's Anatomy (1918)
Intercostal 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. (Intercostal nodes and vessels labeled at center left.) | |
Details | |
System | Lymphatic system |
Drains to | Right lymphatic duct, thoracic duct |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nodi lymphoidei intercostales |
Anatomical terminology |
The intercostal lymph nodes (intercostal glands) occupy the posterior parts of the intercostal spaces, in relation to the intercostal vessels.
They receive the deep lymphatics from the postero-lateral aspect of the chest; some of these vessels are interrupted by small lateral intercostal glands.
This article incorporates text in the
public domain from
page 715 of the 20th edition of
Gray's Anatomy (1918)