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Thoracic lymph nodes
Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic). Afferent vessels are represented by continuous lines, and efferent and internodular vessels by dotted lines.
The tracheobronchial lymph glands.
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Latinnodi lymphoidei thoracis
FMA12772
Anatomical terminology
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The lymph glands of the thorax may be divided into parietal and visceral — the former being situated in the thoracic wall, the latter in relation to the viscera.

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