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Subscapular axillary lymph nodes
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Lymphatics of the mamma, and the axillary glands
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- Axillary lymphatic plexus
- Cubital lymph nodes (not part of the lymph node drainage of the breast)
- Superficial axillary (low axillary)
- Deep axillary lymph nodes
- Brachial axillary lymph nodes
- Interpectoral axillary lymph nodes (Rotter nodes)
- Paramammary or intramammary lymph nodes
- Parasternal lymph nodes (internal mammary nodes)
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System
| Lymphatic system
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Drains to
| Central lymph nodes
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Latin
| nodi lymphoidei axillares subscapulares
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TA98
| A13.3.01.005
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TA2
| 5240
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FMA
| 14187 71746, 14187
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Anatomical terminology
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A
posterior
or
subscapular
group of six or seven glands is placed along the lower margin of the posterior wall of the
axilla
in the course of the
subscapular artery
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The afferents of this group drain the skin and muscles of the lower part of the back of the neck and of the posterior thoracic wall; their efferents pass to the
central group
of
axillary glands
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References
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This article incorporates text in the
public domain
from
page 699
of the 20th edition of
Gray's Anatomy
(1918)
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Head and neck
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Arm and axilla
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Chest
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Abdomen
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Leg
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