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Retropharyngeal lymph nodes

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NameRetropharyngeal lymph nodes
Latinnodi lymphoidei retropharyngei
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Caption1: Submental lymph nodes
2: Submandibular lymph nodes
3: Supraclavicular lymph nodes
4: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
5: Buccal lymph nodes
6: Superficial cervical lymph nodes
7: Jugular lymph nodes
8: Parotid lymph nodes
9: Retroauricular lymph nodes and occipital lymph nodes
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Caption2Lymphatics of pharynx. (Retropharyngeal lymph nodes labeled at center top.)
DrainsToSuperior deep cervical lymph nodes

2: Submandibular lymph nodes 3: Supraclavicular lymph nodes 4: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes 5: Buccal lymph nodes 6: Superficial cervical lymph nodes 7: Jugular lymph nodes 8: Parotid lymph nodes 9: Retroauricular lymph nodes and occipital lymph nodes The retropharyngeal lymph nodes, from one to three in number, lie in the buccopharyngeal fascia, behind the upper part of the pharynx and in front of the arch of the atlas, being separated, however, from the latter by the longus capitis.

Their afferents drain the nasal cavities, the nasal part of the pharynx, and the auditory tubes.

Their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical lymph nodes.

They are in the retropharyngeal space.

They frequently disappear by age 4-5. (This is why retropharyngeal abscess is rare in older children.)

References

References

  1. Chong VF, Fan YF. (October 2000). "Radiology of the retropharyngeal space". Clin Radiol.
  2. (15 October 2007). "Pediatric emergency medicine". Elsevier Health Sciences.
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