Superficial cervical lymph nodes

The superficial cervical lymph nodes are lymph nodes that lie near the surface of the neck.

Superficial cervical lymph nodes
1: 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 & occipital lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Superficial cervical labeled at center left.)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	superior deep cervical lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei cervicales superficiales
Anatomical terminology

Some sources state simply that they lie along the external jugular vein,[1] while other sources state that they are only adjacent to the external jugular vein in the posterior triangle, and they are adjacent to the anterior jugular vein in the anterior triangle.[2]

They can be broken down into:

• superficial anterior cervical lymph nodes
• superficial lateral cervical lymph nodes

References

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

1. Ellis, Harold; Susan Standring; Gray, Henry David (2005). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. pp. 936. ISBN 0-443-07168-3.
2. Dalley, Arthur F.; Moore, Keith L. (2006). Clinically oriented anatomy. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 356. ISBN 0-7817-3639-0.