- Occipital lymph nodes
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Lymph: Occipital lymph nodes Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Occipital glands labeled at center left.) Lymph nodes at Surface:
1. Occipital (retroauricular)
2. Mastoid
3. Superficial Parotid
4. Deep Parotid
5. Preauricular
6. Infraauricular
7. Intraglandular parotid
Facial Lymph Nodes:
8. Buccinator
9. Nasolabial
10. Mandibular
11. Anterior Cervical (Superficial jugular)
12. Superficial Cervical (External jugular)Latin nodi lymphoidei occipitales Gray's subject #177 692 Drains from scalp, occiput The occipital lymph nodes, one to three in number, are located on the back of the head close to the margin of the Trapezius and resting on the insertion of the Semispinalis capitis.
Their afferent vessels drain the occipital region of the scalp, while their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical glands.
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External links
- lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)
- http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000835/
- http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
Lymphatics of head and neck (TA A13.3.00, GA 8.692) Head PosteriorOccipital · Mastoid/retroauricular
Parotid: Superficial · Deep (Preauricular, Infra-auricular, Intraglandular)AnteriorNeck/Cervical Superficial cervical: Superficial anterior cervical · Superficial lateral cervical
Deep cervical: Deep anterior cervical (Pretracheal, Paratracheal, Prelaryngeal, Thyroid) · Deep lateral cervical (Superior deep cervical, Inferior deep cervical, Retropharyngeal, Jugulodigastric, Jugulo-omohyoid)
Anterior cervical · Lateral cervical
Supraclavicular (Virchow's)
Jugular trunkM: LMO
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