Chap. X] LYMPH VASCULAR SYSTEM 



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slightly on all sides. The spaces thus left form channels for the 

 passage of the lymph, which enters by afferent vessels, and, after 

 circulating through the node, issues by efferent vessels. Lymph 

 nodes are well supplied with blood. A lymph node is comparable 



DEEP CERVICAL NODE 



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— PROPER AXILLARY 

 NODES 



EPICONDYLAR NODC 



PALMAR PLEXUS 



Fig. 113. — The Lymph Nodes and Vessels of the Upper Limb. (Gerrish.) 



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