lymphatic drainage of lungs
Lymph from deep plexus enters _______, __________,_________ and _________ in that order.
bronchopulmonary tracheobronchial paratracheal bronchomediastinal
Deep plexus (interlobular)
drains the deeper structures of the lung follows the bronchi and vasculature also drain into bronchopulmonary nodes
Bronchopulmonary nodes
Located at hilum of lung Superficial (subpleural plexus) AND Deep plexus (interlobular) drains into them
Lymph from the bronchopulmonary nodes leaves the lung at the hilum through ___________ into the _____________ to the thoracic duct on the left side or Right Lymphatic duct.
Tracheobronchial nodes Bronchomediastinal lymph trunks
Superficial (subpleural plexus)
lymph nodes that lie beneath the visceral pleura. These nodes drain toward the hilum. The lymph from the superficial plexus enters the Bronchopulmonary nodes at the hilum. "black areas just below surface of the lungs" -collection of breathed in particles