Occipital lymph nodes

Lymph: Occipital lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Occipital glands labeled at center left.)
Lymph nodes at Surface: 1. Occipital (retroauricular) 2. Mastoid 3. Superficial Parotid 4. Deep Parotid 5. Preauricular 6. Infraauricular 7. Intraglandular parotid Facial Lymph Nodes: 8. Buccinator 9. Nasolabial 10. Mandibular 11. Anterior Cervical (Superficial jugular) 12. Superficial Cervical (External jugular)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei occipitales
Gray's	subject #177 692
Drains from	scalp, occiput

The occipital lymph nodes, one to three in number, are located on the back of the head close to the margin of the Trapezius and resting on the insertion of the Semispinalis capitis.

Their afferent vessels drain the occipital region of the scalp, while their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical glands.

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External links

• lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)
• http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000835/
• http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.