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- Nasolabial nodeNodus nasolabialisA small facial lymph node in the fold between the side of the nose and the upper lip, along the facial vein.
- Node of arch of azygos veinNodus arcus venae azygosA lymph node of the right side of the mediastinum, lying beside the arch of the azygos vein above the right main bronchus.
- Node of ligamentum arteriosumNodus ligamenti arteriosiA lymph node of the superior mediastinum lying beside the ligamentum arteriosum, between the arch of the aorta and the left pulmonary artery.
- Obturator nodesNodi obturatoriiLymph nodes on the side wall of the lesser pelvis beside the obturator artery and nerve, near the obturator canal.
- Occipital nodesNodi occipitalesA few lymph nodes at the back of the head, near the upper edge of trapezius, draining the occipital scalp.
- Paracolic superior mesenteric nodesNodi mesenterici superiores paracoliciSmall superior mesenteric lymph nodes on the inner border of the right and transverse colon, along the marginal artery.
- Pararectal nodesNodi pararectalesLymph nodes lying on the muscular wall of the rectum, within the fatty mesorectum that surrounds it in the back of the pelvis.
- Parasternal nodesNodi parasternalesA chain of lymph nodes inside the front of the chest wall, beside the sternum along the internal thoracic artery and vein.
- Paratracheal cervical nodesNodi paratrachéales colliChains of lymph nodes on each side of the cervical trachea, in the groove between trachea and oesophagus.
- Paratracheal thoracic nodesNodi paratracheales thoracisLymph nodes running along both sides of the trachea in the superior mediastinum, between the root of the neck and the bifurcation.
- Posterior axillary nodesNodi axillares posteriores nodi subscapularesThe subscapular group of axillary lymph nodes, lying on the posterior wall of the armpit along the subscapular vessels.
- Postvesical nodesNodi postvesicalesSmall lymph nodes lying behind the urinary bladder in the fat around its base, part of the paravesical group.
- Pre-aortic nodesNodi preaorticiLymph nodes lying on the front of the abdominal aorta around the origins of its three unpaired gut arteries.
- Pre-auricular nodesNodi preauricularesLymph nodes in front of the ear, just ahead of the tragus, lying on the parotid gland beside the superficial temporal vessels.
- Precaecal nodesNodi precaecalesA few small lymph nodes in front of the caecum, set along its anterior artery in the vascular fold of the caecum.
- Precaval nodesNodi precavalesLumbar lymph nodes lying on the anterior surface of the inferior vena cava, behind the peritoneum of the posterior abdominal wall.
- Prepericardial nodesNodi prepericadiaciA few small lymph nodes in the anterior mediastinum, between the back of the sternum and the front of the pericardium.
- Pretracheal nodesNodi pretrachealesLymph nodes in front of the cervical trachea, below the isthmus of the thyroid gland.
- Prevertebral nodesNodi prevertebralesPosterior mediastinal lymph nodes lying on the front of the thoracic vertebral column, behind the oesophagus.
- Prevesical nodesNodi prevesicalesSmall lymph nodes in the retropubic space, between the front of the urinary bladder and the back of the pubic symphysis.
- Retro-aortic nodesNodi retroaorticiA few lumbar lymph nodes hidden behind the abdominal aorta, on the third and fourth lumbar vertebral bodies below the cisterna chyli.
- Retrocaecal nodesNodi retrocaecalesSmall lymph nodes behind the caecum, set along the posterior caecal artery in the right iliac fossa.
- Retrocaval nodesNodi retrocavalesLumbar lymph nodes lying behind the inferior vena cava, on the right psoas and the lumbar vertebral bodies.
- Retropharyngeal nodesNodi retropharyngeiA few lymph nodes behind the upper pharynx, in front of the atlas, draining the nose, nasopharynx and auditory tubes.