Intercostal lymph nodes | |
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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.
- The efferents of the glands in the lower four or five spaces unite to form a trunk, which descends and opens either into the cisterna chyli or into the commencement of the thoracic duct.
- The efferents of the glands in the upper spaces of the left side end in the thoracic duct; those of the corresponding right spaces, in the right lymphatic duct.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 715 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)