Axillary Lymph Nodes

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Pectoral anterior nodes

receive lymph from anterior thoracic wall, including most of the breast

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Subscapular posterior nodes

receive lymph from posterior aspect of thoracic wall and scapular region

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Humeral lateral nodes

receive lymph from upper limb (except from cephalic vein nodes which drain into apical nodes)

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Central nodes

receive lymph from pectoral, subscapular and humeral lymph nodes, pass lymph to apical lymph nodes

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Apical nodes

receive lymph from all axillary lymph nodes along medial side of axillary vein, receives lymph from nodes around cephalic vein

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Subclavian lymphatic trunk joins jugular and bronchomediastinal trunks to the right lymphatic duct

right lymphatic drains into the right venous angle