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Pectoral axillary lymph nodes

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Pectoral axillary lymph nodes
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An anterior or pectoral group consists of four or five glands along the lower border of the Pectoralis minor, in relation with the lateral thoracic artery.

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Their afferents drain the skin and muscles of the anterior and lateral thoracic walls, and the central and lateral parts of the mamma; their efferents pass partly to the central and partly to the subclavicular groups of axillary glands.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 699 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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