Paratracheal lymph nodes

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Lymph: 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
Latin nodi lymphoidei paratracheales
Gray's p.697
Drains to
bronchomediastinal lymph trunks

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

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