Paratracheal lymph nodes

The right and left^{[citation needed]} paratracheal lymph nodes (or paratracheal chains^{[citation needed]}) are lymph nodes in the neck^[1] situated lateral to the trachea and esophagus alongside the recurrent laryngeal nerve. They drain to the deep cervical lymph nodes.^[2]

Paratracheal lymph nodes
Deep Lymph Nodes Submental Submandibular (Submaxillary) Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep) Prelaryngeal Thyroid Pretracheal Paratracheal Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes Lateral jugular Anterior jugular Jugulodigastric Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes Juguloomohyoid Supraclavicular (scalene)
Pulmonary Juxtaesophageal Bronchopulmonary (Hilar) Superior Tracheobronchial Inferior Tracheobronchial Paratracheal
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	Bronchomediastinal lymph trunks
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei paratracheales
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