Submental lymph nodes

Submental lymph nodes
1: Submental lymph nodes 2: Submandibular lymph nodes 3: Supraclavicular lymph nodes 4: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes 5: Buccinator lymph node 6: Superficial cervical lymph nodes 7: Jugular lymph nodes 8: Parotid lymph nodes 9: Retroauricular lymph nodes & occipital lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Buccinator glands labeled at center right.)
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Latin	nodi lymphoidei submentales
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The submental lymph nodes (or suprahyoid) are situated between the anterior bellies of the digastric muscle.

Their afferents drain the central portions of the lower lip and floor of the mouth and the apex of the tongue.

Their efferents pass partly to the submandibular lymph nodes and partly to a gland of the deep cervical group situated on the internal jugular vein at the level of the cricoid cartilage.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Head and neck

Head

Back	Occipital Mastoid/retroauricular Parotid Superficial Deep preauricular infra-auricular intraglandular

Front	Facial buccinator nasolabial Mandibular Submandibular Submental

Superficial	anterior lateral

Deep	Deep anterior cervical pretracheal paratracheal prelaryngeal thyroid Deep lateral cervical superior deep cervical inferior deep cervical retropharyngeal jugulodigastric jugulo-omohyoid

Other	Anterior cervical Lateral cervical Supraclavicular Virchow's

Vessels

Arm and axilla

Nodes	Axillary Brachial Pectoral Subscapular Central Apical Arm Supratrochlear Deltopectoral

Vessels	Subclavian lymph trunk

Chest

Nodes	Parasternal Intercostal Superior diaphragmatic Trachea and bronchi superior inferior bronchopulmonary paratracheal intrapulmonary

Vessels	Thoracic duct Right lymphatic duct Bronchomediastinal lymph trunk

Abdomen

Nodes

Paraaortic	Retroaortic Lateral aortic Preaortic (Celiac gastric hepatic splenic Superior mesenteric mesenteric ileocolic mesocolic Inferior mesenteric pararectal)

Other	Iliac Common external internal Sacral Retroperitoneal lymph nodes

Vessels

Leg

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