See Also: superior phrenic lymph nodes(medicine)
inferior phrenic lymph nodes(medicine)
superior tracheobronchial lymph nodes(medicine)
superior gastric lymph nodes(medicine)
superior mesenteric lymph nodes(medicine)
superior rectal lymph nodes(medicine)
superior phrenic artery(medicine)
superior phrenic veins(medicine)
Lymph nodes(medicine)
Lymph nodes(health)

superior phrenic lymph nodes (medicine)


superior phrenic lymph nodes


Three groups of small nodes, anterior, middle, and posterior, on the upper surface of the diaphragm; they receive afferents from the liver, diaphragm, and intercostal spaces and send efferents to parasternal and posterior mediastinal nodes.

Synonym: nodi lymphatici phrenici superiores, diaphragmatic nodes.