1. The =axillary lymph glands= (Lg. axillares), some ten to twelve in
number, are grouped on the inner face of the distal part of the teres
major and the tendon of the latissimus dorsi at the angle of junction of
the external thoracic and subscapular veins with the brachial (Fig.
466). Their efferents include most of the lymph vessels of the limb,
which come directly or as efferents from the cubital glands. They
receive also lymph vessels from the thoracic wall. The efferents
accompany the brachial blood-vessels and end in the prepectoral glands
and the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts.
2. The =cubital lymph glands= (Lg. cubitales), usually eight to ten in
number, form a discoid oval group at the inner side of the distal part
of the shaft of the humerus (Figs. 441, 446). They lie behind the biceps
muscle on the brachial vessels and median nerve and are covered by the
deep fascia and the posterior superficial pectoral muscle. They receive
as afferents most of the vessels from the limb below this point. Their
efferents pass chiefly to the axillary glands, but in part to the
prescapular glands also.
A number of superficial lymph vessels ascend with or near the
subcutaneous veins (cephalic and accessory cephalic) and join the
prescapular and prepectoral glands. Superficial vessels from the
chest-wall and shoulder run across the latter to the prescapular glands.
The superficial lymphatics of the pectoral region form a plexus which
drains into the prepectoral and prescapular glands by a number of
vessels which accompany the cephalic vein. The deep lymph vessels of the
pectoral region run with the external thoracic vein to the axillary
glands.