The document discusses the lymph drainage of the head and neck region. It identifies two groups of superficial lymph nodes - a circular group including the buccal, parotid, mastoid, occipital, submental, and submandibular nodes, and a vertical group including the anterior and superficial cervical nodes. It also notes a deep lymph node group, including the median retropharyngeal, infrahyoid, prelaryngeal, pretracheal, and paratracheal nodes, as well as the upper and lower deep cervical nodes along the internal jugular vein. The document is authored by Dr. Sherif Fahmy and focuses on mapping the lymph node drainage pathways in the head and neck area

1. LYMPH DRAINAGE OF
HEAD & NECK
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4. Superficial Lymph Nodes
• A- Circular Group:
• 1- Buccal nodes.
• 2- Parotid nodes.
• 3- Mastoid nodes.
• 4- Occipital nodes.
• 5- Submental nodes.
• 6- Submandibular nodes.
• B- Vertical Group:
• 1- Anterior cervical nodes.
• 2-superficial cervical nodes.
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5. Submental
nodes
Submandibular nodes
Parotid nodes
Mastoid
nodes
Occipital
nodes
Ext. jugular
vein with
superficial
cervical
nodes
Anterior cervical
nodes
Buccal nodes
Superficial nodes in H&N
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8. Deep Lymph nodes
1- Median group:
-Retropharyngeal, infrahyoid,
prelaryngeal, pretracheal and
paratracheal.
2- At side of neck along I.J.V.:
- Upper & lower deep cervical nodes.
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11. Fate of lymph drainage of head &
neck
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