Parotid lymph nodes

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Lymph: Parotid 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
Latin	nodi lymphoidei parotidei
Gray's	subject #177 693

Parotid lymph nodes are lymph nodes found near the parotid gland.

More specifically, it can refer to:

• deep parotid lymph nodes
• superficial parotid lymph nodes

There is often argument over the existence of these parotid lymph nodes in the medical profession (particularly students) as their anatomy is often overlooked. These are not to be mistaken for the parotid gland also.

[edit] External links

• http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000835/
• http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics

v • d • e Lymphatics of head and neck Head Posterior Occipital - Mastoid/retroauricular Parotid: Superficial - Deep (Preauricular, Infra-auricular, Intraglandular) Anterior Facial (Buccinator, Nasolabial) - Mandibular Submandibular - Submental Neck/Cervical Superficial cervical: Superficial anterior cervical - Superficial lateral cervical Deep cervical: Deep anterior cervical (Pretracheal, Paratracheal, Prelaryngeal, Thyroid) - Deep lateral cervical (Superior deep cervical, Inferior deep cervical, Retropharyngeal, Jugulodigastric, Jugulo-omohyoid) Anterior cervical - Lateral cervical Supraclavicular (Virchow's) Jugular trunk Tonsils/Waldeyer's tonsillar ring Palatine - Lingual - Pharyngeal - Tubal