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.)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei submentales
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The submental glands (or suprahyoid) are situated between the anterior bellies of the digastric muscle and the hyoid bone.^[1]

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.

See also[]

• Submental triangle

References[]

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 697 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links[]

• lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)
• Image at umich.edu - must rollover
• Lymphatic drainage and fascial planes in the neck
• Diagram at Baylor College of Medicine
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | Symptoms and Types
• Neck, Cervical Metastases, Detection: Overview, Anatomy of the Cervical Lymphatics, Classification of Cervical Node Groups

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