Lymph Vessels of the Bones of the Forelimb

The lymph vessels of the bones of the forelimb almost all drain to the axillary lymph node and the superficial cervical lymph nodes (and always to the ventral lymph node in this group), and only a negligibly small number drain to the cranial mediastinal lymph nodes (in the situations where this was the case, the lymph vessels always drained to the main cranial mediastinal lymph node).

The lymph vessels of the individual bones of the phalanges of the toes drain only to the superficial cervical lymph nodes, those of the metacarpal and carpal bones, radius, ulna, and humerus drain to the axillary lymph node and the superficial cervical lymph nodes, and those of the scapula drain to the axillary lymph node, superficial cervical lymph nodes, and the main cranial mediastinal lymph node.