Thyroid gland Flashcards
the ___ supports metabolism and creates hormones
thyroid
What are the types of thyroid cancer
Papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic
Thyroid cancer lymohatics include
Internal jugular chain, anterior cervical node (Delphian node), pretracheal nodes, and paratracheal nodes
Papillary and mixed papillary-follicular cancers spread through
lymph nodes
______ thyroid cancers spread through the bloodstream to bone, lungs, liver and brain
follicular
Medullary cancers spread regionally and to
cervical lymph nodes
Anaplastic cancers spread locally to
skin and trachea and to lymph nodes
Jugulodigastric lymph node = ______node
subdigastric
Jugulodigastric lymph node is located below the
mastoid tip
Node of Rouviére = _______ node
retropharyngeal
_______ chain = posterior cervical lymph node chain
Spinal accessory
Mastoid node = _______node
retroauricular