Lymphatics Flashcards
What are the main two lymphatic drainage of head and neck
Right lymphatic trunk and thoracic duct
Where is the thoracic duct found
At the venous angle - the junction of the left subclavian and left internal jugular vein
How would you expect lymph nodes to be in healthy patients
Small,soft and mobile
Where do the posteior auricular, anterior auricular superficial parotid and occipital nodes drain
Into the deep cervical nodes
Which vein are the facial. Lymph nodes located around
The facial vein
Where do all of the facial lymph nodes drain
Into the deep cerival nodes via the submandibular nodes
Which nodes may infectious in the teeth spread to
The facial nodes
Which nodes tend to disappear by the time you are aged 4/5
The retropharyneal nodes
Which nodes drain the submental triangle
The submental nodes
What are the 4 superficial cervical nodes
The submental, submandibular external jugular and anteior jugular nodes
Which lymph node is special in that it drains bilaterally
Submental nodes
Periodontitis can cause swelling of which kind of node
Submental
Which nodes are ultimately the main drainage of the head
The deep cervical lymph nodes’
What is the naming of the deep cervical. Lymph nodes based on
It is based on where the omohyoid crosses the external jugular vein
Why might pathology of the lymph nodes of the back of the tongue ( superior deep cerivcal ) appear on both sides
This is because the lymph drainage is bilateral
