HUMAN MEDICAL BIOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Y.I. Fedoniuk 2010

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY

CHAPTER 5. BLOOD AND LYMPH CIRCULATION PROCESSES. THEIR PATHOLOGY

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS

6. LYMPHATIC VESSELS AND NODES OF THE HEAD AND NECK

The superficial and deep Lymphatic vessels of the HEAD and Neck run along the Blood Vessels and convey Lymph in a superior-inferior direction. The occipital, posterior auricular, and superficial cervical Lymph Nodes are distinguished.

Lymph from the soft Tissues of the face drains into the buccal, parotid, submental, and submandibular lymph nodes (Fig. 5.51).

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Fig. 5.51. Lymphatic vessels and nodes of the head and neck

Lymph flows into the submental and submandibular lymph nodes from the Gums, Teeth, Tongue, and the mucosa of the oral and nasal cavities.

Lymph reaches the deep cervical lymph nodes from the Pharynx, Larynx, upper PARTS OF THE Esophagus and Trachea, and The Thyroid Gland. These nodes lie along the neurovascular bundle of the neck. In the lower part of the neck, the efferent vessels of both superficial and deep lymph nodes converge to form the right and left jugular trunks.

The left trunk empties into the Thoracic duct, and the right one into the Right lymphatic duct.



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