Preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes

Lymph: Preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes
Lymph nodes at Surface: 1. Occipital (retroauricular) 2. Mastoid 3. Superficial Parotid 4. Deep Parotid 5. Preauricular 6. Infraauricular 7. Intraglandular parotid Facial Lymph Nodes: 8. Buccinator 9. Nasolabial 10. Mandibular 11. Anterior Cervical (Superficial jugular) 12. Superficial Cervical (External jugular)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei parotidei profundi preauriculares
Gray's	subject #177 693
Drains from	parotid gland
Drains to	superior deep cervical lymph nodes
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576907

The preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes (anterior auricular glands or preauricular glands), from one to three in number, lie immediately in front of the tragus.

Their afferents drain the lateral surface of the auricula and the skin of the adjacent part of the temporal region; their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical glands.

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