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posterior mediastinal lymph node (prevertebral lymph node)
Nodes located along the thoracic aorta.
- receive vessels from the esophagus, diaphragm, liver & pericardium
- send efferents to the thoracic duct & bronchomediastinal lymphatic trunk.
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brachiocephalic lymph node (anterior mediastinal lymph node)
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lymph node
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
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