located in the superior mediastinum in relation to the great vessels, these nodes receive lymph from the thymus, pericardium, and right side of the heart; their efferent vessels join those of the tracheal nodes to form the bronchomediastinal trunks. SYN: nodi lymphoidei brachiocephalici [TA], anterior mediastinal lymph nodes, nodi lymphoidei mediastinales anteriores.
