Lymphatic Drainage of the head and neck

Question 1

what area of the body do the occipital nodes drain?

Answer 1

occipital scalp

Question 2

what area of the body do the post auricular nodes drain?

Answer 2

posterior neck
upper ear
ear canal

Question 3

what area of the body do the pre auricular nodes drain?

Answer 3

superficial face and temporal region

Question 4

to where does the apex of the tongue drain?

Answer 4

submental nodes

Question 5

to where does the nasal cavity drain?

Answer 5

parotid nodes

Question 6

to where does the lateral nose drain?

Answer 6

submandibular nodes

Question 7

to where does the upper lip drain?

Answer 7

submandibular nodes

Question 8

to where does the lower lip drain?

Answer 8

submental nodes

Question 9

to where does the lymph drain after the superficial nodes?

Answer 9

Deep nodes - all lymph from head and neck enters deep nodes

Question 10

what is waldeyers ring?

Answer 10

Ring of lymphatic tissue surrounding the superior pharynx

Question 11

to where does the mid portion of the tongue initially drain?

Answer 11

Submandibular nodes

Question 12

does the anterior 2/3 of the tongue drain to the ipsilateral or contralateral nodes?

Answer 12

ipsilateral

Question 13

does the posterior 1/3 of the tongue drain to the ipsilateral or contralateral nodes?

Answer 13

contralateral

Question 14

to where will a laterally located mid tongue tumour metastasise?

Answer 14

ipsilateral deep cervical nodes

Question 15

to where will a medially located mid tongue tumour metastasise?

Answer 15

contralateral deep cervical nodes

Question 16

which area of the larynx does not have any lymphatic drainage?

Answer 16

Vocal cords

Question 17

which areas of the larynx have a dense plexus of lymphatics?

Answer 17

Aryepiglottic Fold

Vestibular Fold

Question 18

to where does the subglottic region of the larynx drain?

Answer 18

Prelaryngeal + pre tracheal nodes

Inferior deep cervical nodes

Question 19

to where does the supraglottic region of the larynx drain?

Answer 19

upper deep cervical nodes

Question 20

to which lymph nodes does the thyroid drain?

Answer 20

Prelaryngeal, pretracheal, paratracheal nodes

deep cervical nodes

Question 21

to which lymph nodes does the lateral thyroid drain?

Answer 21

deep cervical nodes