Deep_cervical_lymph_nodes

Deep cervical lymph nodes

Deep cervical lymph nodes

Group of cervical lymph nodes

The deep cervical lymph nodes are a group of cervical lymph nodes in the neck[1] that form a chain along the internal jugular vein within the carotid sheath.[2]

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Structure

Classification

The deep cervical lymph nodes are subdivided into a superior group and an inferior group.[3][4]

Alternatively, they can be divided into deep anterior cervical lymph nodes and deep lateral cervical lymph nodes.[citation needed]

They can also be divided into three groups: "superior deep jugular", "middle deep jugular", and "inferior deep jugular".[5][6]

Relations

The deep cervical lymph nodes are contained in the carotid sheath in the neck, close to the internal jugular vein.[7] They connect to the meningeal lymphatic vessels superiorly.[8][9]

Afferents

All lymphatic vessels of the head and neck ultimately drain to the deep cervical lymph nodes - either by way of other lymph nodes or directly from tissues.[4]

CNS lymphatic vessels have been found to drain to the deep cervical lymph nodes in a 2016 animal study.[10]

Efferents

Efferents of the deep cervical lymph nodes form the ipsilateral jugular trunk.[4]

References

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    Ellis H, Standring S, Gray HD (2005). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. p. 936. ISBN 0-443-07168-3.
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    Fehrenbach, Margaret J.; Herring, Susan W. (2017). Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck (5th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-323-39634-9.
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    Dalley AF, Moore KL (2006). Clinically oriented anatomy. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 356. ISBN 0-7817-3639-0.
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    Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 593. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "Lymphatic drainage and fascial planes in the neck". Archived from the original on 2008-02-16.
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    Core Curriculum: Review of Neck Anatomy Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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    Woodward PJ, Griffith JF, Antonio GE, Ahuja AT, eds. (2018-01-01). "Midcervical Level". Imaging Anatomy: Ultrasound (Second ed.). Elsevier. pp. 118–123. ISBN 978-0-323-54800-7.
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    Anrather J (2017-01-01). "Chapter 28 - Pathophysiology of the Peripheral Immune Response in Acute Ischemic Stroke". In Caplan LR, Biller J, Leary MC, Lo EH (eds.). Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases (Second ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 139–145. ISBN 978-0-12-803058-5.
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    Louveau A, Smirnov I, Keyes TJ, Eccles JD, Rouhani SJ, Peske JD, et al. (July 2015). "Structural and functional features of central nervous system lymphatic vessels". Nature. 523 (7560): 337–41. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..337L. doi:10.1038/nature14432. PMC 4506234. PMID 26030524.
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    Louveau, Antoine; Smirnov, Igor; Keyes, Timothy J.; Eccles, Jacob D.; Rouhani, Sherin J.; Peske, J. David; Derecki, Noel C.; Castle, David; Mandell, James W.; Lee, Kevin S.; Harris, Tajie H.; Kipnis, Jonathan (July 2015). "Structural and functional features of central nervous system lymphatic vessels". Nature. 523 (7560): 337–341. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..337L. doi:10.1038/nature14432. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 4506234. PMID 26030524.


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