CUTANEOUS LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF THE THENAR EMINENCE

The cutaneous lymphatic drainage of the thenar eminence was studied in seven fall-term fetuses submitted to injection with Gerota's stain mo dified by Caplan. Observations permitted description of two lymphatic vias passing out of the hand, one antero-lateral and another antero-me dial via in the forearm. These lymphatic vessels continued into the ar m in three pathways: cephalic, bicipital and basilic. The bicipital an d basilic lymphatic circulation drained to the anterior group of axill ary lymph nodes or to the lateral thoracic lymph nodes.