Pretracheal lymph nodes
5. Pretracheal
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Identifiers
LatinNodi lymphoidei praetracheales
Anatomical terminology

The pretracheal lymph nodes are lymph nodes located anterior to the trachea in the neck.

Structure

The pretracheal lymph nodes lie anterior to the trachea.[1] They follow the anterior jugular veins either side of the midline.[1] They drain into the deep cervical lymph nodes on the right and the thoracic duct on the left.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rhys, Rhian (2011-01-01), Allan, Paul L.; Baxter, Grant M.; Weston, Michael J. (eds.), "CHAPTER 46 - Cervical lymph nodes", Clinical Ultrasound (Third Edition), Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, pp. 920–937, ISBN 978-0-7020-3131-1, retrieved 2021-01-12

External links

Anatomy of the lymphatic system
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