Lymphatics. 



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616. The Deep Lymphatics of the Axilla. 



After a specimen of P a t r u b a n. 



The lymphatics of the wall of the thorax are also 

 both superficial and deep. 



a) The superficial pass to the space between M. ddtoicks and 

 M. pedoralis major and at the lower border of the M. pectoralis major 

 to the axilla. 



b) The deep accompany the bloodvessels of the thorax, receive 

 the lymphatics of the mamma and are connected by branches with the 

 internal lymphatics of the thorax. 



The lymphatics of the shoulder pass out from the cervical, 

 dorsal and lumbar regions, and ascend at the border of the M. latissimus 

 dorsi, partly with the branches of the axillary artery. 



