Paratracheal lymph nodes
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| Lymph: Paratracheal lymph nodes | ||
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| Deep Lymph Nodes 1. Submental 2. Submandibular (Submaxillary) Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep) 3. Prelaryngeal 4. Thyroid 5. Pretracheal 6. Paratracheal Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes 7. Lateral jugular 8. Anterior jugular 9. Jugulodigastric Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes 10. Juguloomohyoid 11. Supraclavicular (scalene) | ||
| Latin | nodi lymphoidei paratracheales | |
| Gray's | subject #177 697 | |
| Drains to | bronchomediastinal lymph trunks | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_09/12576857 | |
The right and left paratracheal lymph nodes (or paratracheal chains) are groups of lymph nodes located in the thorax.
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Lymphatics of head and neck | |
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| Head | Occipital - Mastoid - Parotid (Preauricular) - Buccinator - Submandibular - Submental - Retropharyngeal |
| Neck | Cervical (Superficial, Superior deep, Inferior deep) - Supraclavicular (Virchow's) - Paratracheal - Jugular trunk |
| Tonsils/Waldeyer's tonsillar ring | Palatine - Lingual - Adenoid - Tubal |
