Superior deep cervical lymph nodes

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Lymph: Superior deep cervical lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Superior deep cervical glands labeled at center left.)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei cervicales laterales profundi superiores
Gray's	subject #177 697
Source	preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes
Drains to	inferior deep cervical lymph nodes, jugular trunk
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576393

The superior deep cervical lymph nodes lie under the Sternocleidomastoideus in close relation with the accessory nerve and the internal jugular vein.

Some of the glands lie in front of and others behind the vessel.

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