Superficial cervical lymph nodes

Superficial cervical lymph nodes
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Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Superficial cervical labeled at center left.)
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Drains tosuperior deep cervical lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei cervicales superficiales
Anatomical terminology

The superficial cervical lymph nodes are lymph nodes that lie near the surface of the neck.

Some sources state simply that they lie along the external jugular vein, while other sources state that they are only adjacent to the external jugular vein in the posterior triangle, and they are adjacent to the anterior jugular vein in the anterior triangle.

They can be broken down into:



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