Deep 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]

Deep cervical lymph nodes
Deep Lymph Nodes Submental Submandibular (Submaxillary) Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep) Prelaryngeal Thyroid Pretracheal Paratracheal Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes Lateral jugular Anterior jugular Jugulodigastric Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes Juguloomohyoid Supraclavicular (scalene)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	jugular trunk
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei cervicales profundi
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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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2. 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.
3. Dalley AF, Moore KL (2006). Clinically oriented anatomy. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 356. ISBN 0-7817-3639-0.
4. 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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6. Core Curriculum: Review of Neck Anatomy 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.