Nodi lymphoidei interpectorales

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No. 8 = NII. interpectorales

The interpectoral lymph nodes are a group of lymph nodes that lie between the two chest muscles ( pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles ). Its catchment area is the anterior chest wall, including the breasts in women .

literature

Richard Funk, Gudrun Herrmann, Joachim Kirsch, Wolfgang Kühnel, Dietrich Lorke: Pocket textbook anatomy. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 9783131625113 , p. 927.