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superior/superficial lateral cervical lymph node

1-4 nodes along the external jugular vein. -> drain the skin & superficial structures over the region of the sternocleidomastoid -> send efferent vessels to the deep lateral cervical nodes

Related

posterior triangle of neck (lateral region)

General

deep lateral cervical lymph node

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

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neck