Subscapular axillary lymph nodes
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A posterior or subscapular group of six or seven glands is placed along the lower margin of the posterior wall of the axilla in the course of the subscapular artery
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The afferents of this group drain the skin and muscles of the lower part of the back of the neck and of the posterior thoracic wall; their efferents pass to the central group
of axillary glands.
Subscapular artery
The subscapular artery, the largest branch of the axillary artery, arises at the lower border of the Subscapularis muscle, which it follows to the inferior angle of the scapula, where it anastomoses with the lateral thoracic and intercostal arteries and with the descending branch of the transverse...
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The afferents of this group drain the skin and muscles of the lower part of the back of the neck and of the posterior thoracic wall; their efferents pass to the central group
Central lymph nodes
A central or intermediate group of three or four large glands is imbedded in the adipose tissue near the base of the axilla.Its afferents are the efferent vessels of all the preceding groups of axillary glands; its efferents pass to the subclavicular group....
of axillary glands.