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Lymphatic Drainage
Lymphatic Drainage
Occipital nodes
Retroauricular ( mastoid )
Parotid
Buccal ( facial )
Submandibular
Submental
Anterior cervical nodes
Superficial cervical nodes
Retropharyngeal
Laryngeal
Tracheal
Deep cervical nodes
Jugulodigastric node
Jugulo-omohyoid node
Nodes location drainage
They form a vertical chain along the course of internal jugular vein
within the carotid sheath…………. All regional lymph nodes
Deep cervical lymph nodes --- Efferent lymph vessels – jugular trunck ---
drains into thoracic duct or right lymphatic duct.
Clinical significance