pectoral/anterior axillary lymph node

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Introduction

3 to 5 nodes that lie along the medial wall of the axilla, around the lateral thoracic vein & the inferior border of the pectoralis minor.

  • receive drainage of the pectoral region, including the breast

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.