Head and neck
Source region and uptake · Ipsilateral
An outer ring of occipital, mastoid, parotid, submandibular and submental nodes drains into the deep cervical chain, which is the final common path for the whole head and neck. Each side keeps to its own duct.
Detail
- Outer ring
- Occipital, mastoid, parotid, submandibular, submental
- Final common path
- Deep cervical nodes
- Left half
- Thoracic duct
- Right half
- Right lymphatic duct
- Tip of tongue
- Submental nodes, bilateral drainage
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