paratracheal lymph node

par·a·tra·che·al lymph node

[TA] nodes along the sides of the trachea in the neck (part of the deep anterior cervical lymph nodes and in the posterior mediastinum; receive drainage of superior (and inferior) tracheobranchial nodes, trachea, and esophagus; drain to bronchomediastinal lymphatic trunk(s), thoracic duct. Synonym(s): nodi lymphoidei paratracheales [TA], tracheal lymph nodes