Tags: Anatomical Structure, Lymph.
The intercostal lymph nodes (intercostal glands ) occupy the posterior parts of the intercostal spaces in relation to the intercostal vessels. They receive the deep lymphatics from the postero-lateral aspect of the chest; some of these vessels are interrupted by small lateral intercostal glands. The efferents of the glands in the lower four or five spaces unite to form a trunk which descends and opens either into the cisterna chyli or into the commencement of the thoracic duct.
