Submandibular lymph nodes

Submandibular 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. (Submaxillary glands labeled at center right.)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Source	Mandibular lymph node
Identifiers
Latin	Nodi lymphoidei submandibulares
	Anatomical terminology

The submandibular lymph nodes (submaxillary glands in older texts), three to six in number, are placed beneath the body of the mandible in the submandibular triangle, and rest on the superficial surface of the submandibular gland.

One gland, the middle gland of Stahr, which lies on the facial artery as it turns over the mandible, is the most constant of the series; small lymph glands are sometimes found on the deep surface of the submandibular gland.

The afferents of the submandibular glands drain the medial canthus, the cheek, the side of the nose, the upper lip, the lateral part of the lower lip, the gums, and the anterior part of the margin of the tongue.

Efferent lymph vessels from the facial and submental lymph nodes also enter the submandibular glands. Their efferent vessels pass to the superior deep cervical lymph nodes.

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Deep Lymph Nodes

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References

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

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