Pectoral axillary lymph nodes

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.

Pectoral axillary lymph nodes
Lymphatics of the mamma, and the axillary glands
  1. Axillary lymphatic plexus
  2. Cubital lymph nodes (not part of the lymph node drainage of the breast)
  3. Superficial axillary (low axillary)
  4. Deep axillary lymph nodes
  5. Brachial axillary lymph nodes
  6. Interpectoral axillary lymph nodes (Rotter nodes)
  7. Paramammary or intramammary lymph nodes
  8. Parasternal lymph nodes (internal mammary nodes)
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Drains toCentral lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei axillares pectorales
TA98A13.3.01.006
TA25241
FMA14188 71748, 14188
Anatomical terminology

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.

Additional images
  • Lymph nodes of the upper limb and breast

References

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


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