Submandibular lymph nodes

Submandibular lymph nodes
1: Submental lymph nodes
2: Submandibular lymph nodes
3: Supraclavicular lymph nodes
4: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
5: Buccinator lymph node
6: Superficial cervical lymph nodes
7: Jugular lymph nodes
8: Parotid lymph nodes
9: Retroauricular lymph nodes and occipital lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Submaxillary glands labeled at center right.)
Details
SystemLymphatic system
SourceMandibular lymph node
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei submandibulares
Anatomical terminology

The submandibular lymph nodes (submaxillary glands in older texts), are some 3-6 lymph nodes situated at the inferior border of the ramus of mandible.[1]

  1. ^ Fehrenbach, Margaret J.; Herring, Susan W. (2017). Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck (5th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-323-39634-9.
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