Occipital lymph nodes

Occipital lymph nodes
Occipital lymph nodes
	Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Occipital glands labeled at center left.)
	Lymph nodes at surface: 1. Occipital (retroauricular); 2. Mastoid; 3. Superficial parotid; 4. Deep parotid; 5. Preauricular; 6. Infra-auricular; 7. Intraglandular parotid; Facial lymph nodes: 8. Buccinator; 9. Nasolabial; 10. Mandibular; 11. Anterior cervical (superficial jugular); 12. Superficial cervical (external jugular);
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains from	Scalp, occiput
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei occipitales
FMA	61214
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The occipital lymph nodes are a group of 1-3 superficial lymph nodes of the head situated in the occipital region that drain part of the scalp of the occiput.^[1]

They are situated at the margin of the trapezius and resting on the insertion of the semispinalis capitis.^{[citation needed]}

Territory

Afferents

Afferents of occipital lymph nodes contribute to the drainage of the occipital region of the scalp (this region is also drained by a lymphatic vessel which passes along the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle to drain directly into the inferior deep cervical lymph nodes).^[2]

Efferents

Their efferents in turn drain into the superior deep cervical glands.^[1]^[2]

Clinical examination

During physical examination, these nodes are examined by having the patient bend their head forward and bilaterally palpating the base of the side of the head.^[1]

Additional images

Etymology

The word occipital comes from the Latin: occiput ("the back of the head").

References

1 2 3 Fehrenbach, Margaret J.; Herring, Susan W. (2017). Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck (5th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-323-39634-9.
1 2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.

External links

lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)
http://www.patient.info
http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics

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[:02322-1] 1 2 3 Fehrenbach, Margaret J.; Herring, Susan W. (2017). Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck (5th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-323-39634-9.

[:2242-2] 1 2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.

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