Supraclavicular lymph nodes

Supraclavicular lymph nodes

Regional lymph tissue. (Supraclavicular near top, in green.)⋅

Deep Lymph Nodes
1. Submental
2. Submandibular (Submaxillary)

Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep)
3. Prelaryngeal
4. Thyroid
5. Pretracheal
6. Paratracheal

Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes
7. Lateral jugular
8. Anterior jugular
9. Jugulodigastric

Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes
10. Juguloomohyoid
11. Supraclavicular (scalene)
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Latin nodi lymphoidei supraclaviculares

Anatomical terminology

Supraclavicular lymph nodes are lymph nodes found superior to the clavicle, palpable in the supraclavicular fossa.

The most notable supraclavicular lymph node is Virchow's node.

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References

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



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