Central lymph nodes

A central or intermediate group of three or four large glands is imbedded in the adipose tissue near the base of the axilla.

Central 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
Sourcebrachial, pectoral axillary, subscapular axillary
Drains toapical
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei axillares centrales
Anatomical terminology

Its afferent lymphatic vessels are the efferent vessels of all the preceding groups of axillary glands; its efferents pass to the subclavicular group.

Additional images
  • Lymph Nodes of the Upper Limb and Breast

References

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


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