Submental lymph nodes

Submental 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 & occipital lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Buccinator glands labeled at center right.)
Details
Latin	nodi lymphoidei submentales
Identifiers
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terminology [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The submental lymph nodes (or suprahyoid) are situated between the anterior bellies of the Digastrici.

Their afferents drain the central portions of the lower lip and floor of the mouth and the apex of the tongue.

Their efferents pass partly to the submandibular lymph nodes and partly to a gland of the deep cervical group situated on the internal jugular vein at the level of the cricoid cartilage.

See also

• submental triangle

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)
• Image at umich.edu - must rollover
• http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/head/hnl3a.htm
• Diagram at Baylor College of Medicine
• http://patient.info/health/non-hodgkins-lymphoma-leaflet
• http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics