Vascular Supply and Lymphatic Drainage

Question 1

Lymphatic drainage master diagram

Answer 1

Question 2

Lymph node that drains the testes and ovaries

Answer 2

Para-aortic

Question 3

Two lymph nodes that drain the cervix

Answer 3

External and internal iliac

Question 4

Lymph node that drains the prostate

Answer 4

Internal iliac

Question 5

Lymph node that drains the lower rectum and anal canal above the pectinate line

Answer 5

Internal iliac

Question 6

Lymph node that drains the rectum below the pectinate line

Answer 6

Superficial inguinal

Question 7

Lymph node that drains the scrotum and vulva

Answer 7

Superficial inguinal

Question 8

Lymph node that drains the skin below the umbilicus

Answer 8

Superficial inguinal

Question 9

Lymph node that drains the kidnies

Answer 9

Para-aortic

Question 10

Lymph nodes that drain the skin of the hands and forearms (for melanoma)

Answer 10

Epitrochlear lymph nodes

Question 11

Lymph nodes that drain the skin of the lower legs (for melanoma)

Answer 11

Popliteal fossae lymph nodes

Question 12

Lymph nodes that drain the skin of the trunk (for melanoma)

Answer 12

Lymph nodes near the tip of the 12th rib

Question 13

Waldeyer’s Ring

Answer 13

Question 14

Tonsils and aging

Answer 14

Tonsils are hyperplastic until age ~6 as the immune system is maturing and learning to protect itself from oral pathogens

After age 6, they should start to regress.

Question 15

Common causes of tonsillitis

Answer 15

• Viral (most common):
  
  • EBV
  • Adenovirus
  • Rhinovirus
  • RSV
  • Influenza
  • Parainfluenza
• Bacteria:
  
  • GAS