Lymphoid organs
Brachiocephalic nodes
Nodi brachiocephalici
- System
- Lymphoid organs
- Part of
- Mediastinal lymph nodes
DescriptionUnreviewed
In front of the aortic arch and of its branches; along the brachiocephalic veins.
They drain the thymus, the thyroid, the pericardium, the parasternal nodes.
Evacuation:
- left broncho-mediastinal lymphatic trunk
- right broncho-mediastinal lymphatic trunk
Feneis 304.7
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Names
- Latin
- Nodi brachiocephalici
- English
- Brachiocephalic nodes
- French
- Lymphonoeuds brachiocéphaliques
- Spanish
- Nodos braquiocefálicos
- Portuguese
- Nódulos braquiocefálicos