superior phrenic lymph nodes

su·pe·ri·or phren·ic lymph nodes

[TA]

three groups of small nodes, anterior, middle, and posterior, on the upper surface of the diaphragm; they receive afferents from the liver, diaphragm, and intercostal spaces and send efferents to parasternal and posterior mediastinal nodes.

Synonym(s): nodi lymphoidei phrenici superiores [TA]