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Subscapular axillary lymph nodes

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Subscapular axillary lymph nodes
Lymphatics of the mamma, and the axillary glands
  1. Axillary lymphatic plexus
  2. Cubital lymph nodes (not part of the lymph node drainage of the breast)
  3. Superficial axillary (low axillary)
  4. Deep axillary lymph nodes
  5. Brachial axillary lymph nodes
  6. Interpectoral axillary lymph nodes (Rotter nodes)
  7. Paramammary or intramammary lymph nodes
  8. Parasternal lymph nodes (internal mammary nodes)
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Drains toCentral lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei axillares subscapulares
TA98A13.3.01.005
TA25240
FMA14187 71746, 14187
Anatomical terminology

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.

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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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 699 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)