Buccinator lymph node

Buccinator lymph node
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
Source	nasolabial lymph node
Latin	nodus lymphoideus buccinatorius
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The buccinator lymph node or nodes are one or more lymph nodes placed on the Buccinator opposite the angle of the mouth.

References

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

External links

lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)

Anatomy of the lymphatic system

Head and neck

Head

Back	Occipital Mastoid/retroauricular Parotid Superficial Deep preauricular infra-auricular intraglandular

Front	Facial buccinator nasolabial Mandibular Submandibular Submental

Cervical

Superficial	anterior lateral

Deep	Deep anterior cervical pretracheal paratracheal prelaryngeal thyroid Deep lateral cervical superior deep cervical inferior deep cervical retropharyngeal jugulodigastric jugulo-omohyoid

Other	Anterior cervical Lateral cervical Supraclavicular Virchow's

Vessels

Jugular trunk

Arm and axilla

Nodes	Axillary Brachial Pectoral Subscapular Central Apical Arm Supratrochlear Deltopectoral

Vessels	Subclavian lymph trunk

Chest

Nodes	Parasternal Intercostal Superior diaphragmatic Trachea and bronchi superior inferior bronchopulmonary paratracheal intrapulmonary

Vessels	Thoracic duct Right lymphatic duct Bronchomediastinal lymph trunk

Abdomen

Nodes

lumbar and paraaortic	Retroaortic Lateral aortic

Preaortic	Celiac gastric hepatic splenic Superior mesenteric mesenteric ileocolic mesocolic Inferior mesenteric pararectal

Other	Iliac Common external internal Sacral Retroperitoneal lymph nodes

Vessels

Leg

Inguinal
- deep
  - Cloquet's node
- superficial
Popliteal

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