phrenic lymph node (inferior/superior)

Introduction

Inferior phrenic node:

• Small nodes associated with the inferior phrenic vessels. Superior phrenic node:
• Three groups of small nodes, anterior, middle & posterior on the upper surface of the diaphragm.
• receive afferents from the liver, diaphragm & intercostal spaces
• send efferents to parasternal & posterior mediastinal nodes

More general terms

• lymph node