Superficial parotid lymph nodes

The superficial parotid lymph nodes are a group of lymph nodes anterior to the ear.

Superficial parotid lymph nodes
3. Superficial Parotid
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei parotidei superficiales
Anatomical terminology

Their afferent vessels drain the root of the nose, the eyelids, the frontotemporal region, the external acoustic meatus and the tympanic cavity, possibly also the posterior parts of the palate and the floor of the nasal cavity.

The efferents of these glands pass to the superior deep cervical glands.

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