Anatomy study note · Upper limb

Supratrochlear (cubital) lymph node

A node in the superficial fascia above the medial epicondyle that receives lymph from the medial fingers and medial hand along the basilic vein.

Key points

• Above the medial epicondyle, along the basilic vein.
• Drains the medial fingers and medial hand.
• → lateral axillary nodes.
• Lymph sacs → lymph nodes (except cisterna chyli).
• Node: cortex (B-cell nodules) / paracortex (T cells, HEVs) / medulla.
• Afferent in at the convex side, efferent out at the hilum.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 3, PDF pp. 391, 394–395
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF pp. 275–276
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 223–224

More from the upper limb

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• Teres minor
• Thenar muscles
• Thoracodorsal nerve
• Trapezius
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• Ulna
• Ulnar artery
• Ulnar nerve
• Veins of the hand
• Wrist joint
• Abductor pollicis longus

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