Axillary lymph nodes

The Axillary lymph nodes are of large size, vary from twenty to thirty in number, and may be arranged in the following groups:


 * brachial lymph nodes (or "lateral")


 * pectoral axillary lymph nodes (or "anterior")


 * subscapular axillary lymph nodes (or "posterior")


 * central lymph nodes


 * apical lymph nodes (or "medial" or "subclavicular")