Lymphatics and Spread of Dental Infections

Lymphatic system is a component of the immune system

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Front Back
Nodes that can can be followed by tenderness in the neck and a tender lump
Retropharyngeal nodes
Group of nodes behind the thoat wall
Retropharyngeal nodes
Drain to the upper deep cervical lymph nodes cannot palpate them
Retropharyngeal nodes
Type of nodes
Retropharyngeal , submental , submandibular, upper deep cervical, and lower deep cervical
Nodes found beneath the chin
Submental nodes
Where do submental nodes drain into?
Into submandibular nodes
What drains into the submental nodes?
Mand incisors. tip of tongue, midline of lower lip and chin
Found around the submandibular glands near the angle of the mandible
Submandibular nodes
What drains in the submandibular nodes besides the submental node
Maxillary teeth, maxillary sinus, floor of the mouth, most of the tongue, hard palate, cheek anterior nasal cavity, mandibular incisors but canines
Located on the lateral surface of the internal jugular vein, 2 inch below the ear
Upper deep cervical nodes
If a retropharyngeal node is primary what is secondary?
Upper deeper cervical node
What drains in the upper deeper cervical node besides the submandibular and retropharyngeal nodes?
Parotid nodes, 3rd molar, base of tongue, tonsillar area, soft palate
Located on the lateral surface of the internal jugular vein, 2 inch above the clavicle
Lower deep cervical node
Drains nodes at the back of the neck, occipital nodes
Lower deep cervical nodes
Pathway of cancer after is found on the tip of the tongue
Submental, submandibular, upper deep cervical, and lower deep cervical, bloodstream, body