Paratracheal lymph nodes

Paratracheal lymph nodes

Deep Lymph Nodes
1. Submental
2. Submandibular (Submaxillary)

Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep)
3. Prelaryngeal
4. Thyroid
5. Pretracheal
6. Paratracheal

Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes
7. Lateral jugular
8. Anterior jugular
9. Jugulodigastric

Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes
10. Juguloomohyoid
11. Supraclavicular (scalene)

1. Pulmonary Juxtaesophageal
2. Bronchopulmonary (Hilar)
3. Superior Tracheobronchial
4. Inferior Tracheobronchial
5. Paratracheal
Details
Drains to bronchomediastinal lymph trunks
Latin nodi lymphoidei paratracheales

Anatomical terminology

The right and left paratracheal lymph nodes (or paratracheal chains) are groups of lymph nodes located in the throat.

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