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Thoracic lymph nodes

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Organ of the lymphatic system
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Thoracic lymph nodes
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.
The tracheobronchial lymph glands.
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Latinnodi lymphoidei thoracis
FMA12772
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The lymph glands of the thorax may be divided into parietal and visceral — the former being situated in the thoracic wall, the latter in relation to the viscera.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 715 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Anatomy of the lymphatic system
Head and neck
Head
Back
Front
Cervical
Superficial
Deep
Other
Vessels
Arm and axilla
Nodes
Vessels
Chest
Nodes
Vessels
Abdomen
Nodes
Vessels
Leg
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