Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
- Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
Infobox Lymph
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = nodi lymphoidei retropharyngeales
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Caption = 1: Submental lymph nodes
2: Submandibular lymph nodes
3: Supraclavicular lymph nodes
4: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
5: Buccal lymph nodes
6: Superficial cervical lymph nodes
7: Jugular lymph nodes
8: Parotid lymph nodes
9: Retroauricular lymph nodes & occipital lymph nodes
Caption2 = Lymphatics of pharynx. (Retropharyngeal glands labeled at center top.)
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DrainsTo = superior deep cervical lymph nodes
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DorlandsSuf = 12577123
The retropharyngeal lymph nodes, from one to three in number, lie in the buccopharyngeal fascia, behind the upper part of the pharynx and in front of the arch of the atlas, being separated, however, from the latter by the Longus capitis.
Their "afferents" drain the nasal cavities, the nasal part of the pharynx, and the auditory tubes.
Their "efferents" pass to the superior deep cervical glands.
ee also
* Rouvière node
External links
* http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/head/hnl3a.htm
* http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics
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