LYMPHOCENTER LOCATION AFFERENTS FROM EFFERENTS TO REMARKS
LYMPH NODE
PAROTID LYMPHOCENTER (p. 38)
Parotid ln. (39.12) Ventrolat. to temporoman- Skin and mm. of whole dors. part Lat. retropharyngeal ln. 6–9 cm long. Regularly
dib. jt.; between rostral of head, skull bones, parotid gl.; incised in meat
border of parotid gl. and ext. ear, eyelids, lacrimal app., inspection
masseter rostral half of nasal cavity, hard
palate, chin
MANDIBULAR LYMPHOCENTER (P. 38)
Mandibular ln. Ventr. to mandible Skin of head, facial and Lat. retropharyngeal ln. 3–4.5 cm long, palpable.
(39.10) midway between rostr. masticatory mm., rostr. nasal Regularly incised in meat
border of masseter and cavity, oral and nasal mucosa, inspection
angle of mandible; covered paranasal sinuses, tongue mm.,
by sternomandibularis pharynx, larynx, salivary gl.
Pterygoid ln. On rostral border of ramus Hard palate Mandibular ln. Inconstant
of mandible; med. to med.
pterygoid m.
RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPHOCENTER (p. 38)
Lat. retropharyngeal Under the wing of atlas; Skin of head-neck union, lips, The efferents join to form 4–5 cm long, smooth,
ln. (39.11) covered by dorsal end of salivary gll., buccal mucosa, tracheal trunk oval; palpable if enlarged;
mandib. gland mandib. mucosa in diastema, may be associated with
masticatory mm., tongue and parts 1–3 small ln. Regularly
of hyoid mm., mandible, part of incised in meat inspec-
thymus, nearby neck mm., ear mm. tion
Med. retropharyngeal Between caudodors. wall Tongue, hyoid mm., oral mucosa, Lat. retropharyngeal ln. 3–6 cm long, oval,
ln. (49.a) of pharynx and longus palate, tonsils, maxillary and surrounded by fat; rarely
capitis; med. to stylo- palatine sinuses, mandible, caudal double; palpable from
hyoideus half of nasal cavity, larynx and pharynx. Regularly
pharynx, mandibular and sublingual incised in meat inspec-
gll., longus capitis tion
Rostral hyoid ln. Lat. to thyrohyoid Apex of tongue Lat. and med. retropharyngeal lnn. Inconstant; 1–1.5 cm in
diameter
Caud. hyoid ln. Lat. to angle of stylohyhoid Mandible Lat. retropharyngeal ln. Inconstant; 1–1.5 cm in
diameter
SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL LYMPHOCENTER (p. 60)
Supf. cervical ln. In the groove cranial to Skin of neck, thoracic limb, Left side: thoracic duct or left 7–9 cm long, 1–2 cm
(61.9 and 67.a) supraspinatus above thoracic wall back to level of 12th tracheal trunk. Rt. side: rt. thick, palpable; Examined
shoulder jt., covered by rib. Shoulder girdle mm. and mm. tracheal trunk in suspected cases in meat
omotransversarius and dors. to scapula, antebrachial inspection
cleido-occipitalis fasciae, manus
DEEP CERVICAL LYMPHOCENTER (p. 60)
Deep cervical lnn.: To be considered in
suspected cases in meat
Cran. deep cerv. From thyroid gl. to 7th Ventr. cervical mm., flexors of Left side: thoracic duct or end of inspection. 4–6 lnn.,
lnn. (61.22) tracheal ring neck, thyroid gl., larynx and tracheal trunk, may go directly to 1–2.5 cm each; rarely
pharynx, cervical trachea and angle between bijugular trunk absent
esophagus, cervical thymus and subclavian v. Right side: caud.
Middle deep cerv. In the middle 1/3 of neck, part of right tracheal trunk 1–7 lnn., 0.5–3 cm long
lnn. (61.23) on the right of the trachea
and on the left of esophagus
Caud. deep cerv. On the trachea just cran. 2–4 separate lnn.
lnn. (61.24) to the 1st rib
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