The axillary lymph nodes are of large size, vary from twenty to thirty in number, and may be arranged in the following groups:
- brachial lymph nodes (or "lateral")
- pectoral axillary lymph nodes (or "anterior")
- subscapular axillary lymph nodes (or "posterior")
- central lymph nodes
- apical lymph nodes (or "medial" or "subclavicular")
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