Retropharyngeal lymph nodes

Lymph: Retropharyngeal 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
Lymphatics of pharynx. (Retropharyngeal glands labeled at center top.)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei retropharyngeales
Gray's	subject #177 694
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12577123

The retropharyngeal lymph nodes, from one to three in number, lie in the buccopharyngeal fascia, behind the upper part of the pharynx and in front of the arch of the atlas, being separated, however, from the latter by the Longus capitis.

Their afferents drain the nasal cavities, the nasal part of the pharynx, and the auditory tubes.

Their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical glands.

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