What is the function of the lymphatics?

Which main structures do the lymphatic vessels parallel in the body?

What structures do lymphatic vessels have that control the flow of fluid?

What is the term for the fluid that travels in the lymphatic vessels and drains from tissues?

Describe the lymph nodes of a healthy individual.

What type of vessel allows the lymph to flow into the lymph node?

What type of vessel allows the lymph to flow out of the lymph node?

What term describes the depression on the side of the lymph node?

What is another term for primary nodes?

What is another term for secondary nodes?

Compare the differences of the pathway of drainage in primary and secondary nodes.

Of what is tonsillar tissue composed? What is its function?

Compare lymphatic ducts with lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels.

What major lymphatic duct is found on the right side of the body?

What forms the major lymphatic duct on the right side?

What major lymphatic duct is found on the left side of the body?

What forms the major lymphatic duct on the left side?

Name the superficial lymph nodes of the head and neck.

Name the facial lymph nodes and relate their order from superior to inferior.

Name the deep lymph nodes of the head and neck.

Name the superficial cervical lymph nodes.

Name the deep cervical lymph nodes.

superior - jugulodigastric lymph node.

inferior - jugulo - omohyoid lymph node

1. The occipital lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they are located? 
3. How are they palpated?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. superficial lymph nodes of the head and neck
2. bilaterally on the posterior base of the head in occipital region
3. bilateral at the base of the head
4. drain occipital portion of scalp
5. deep cervical nodes of the neck

1. The retroauricular lymph nodes are in which group?
2. Where are they located? 
3. How are they palpated?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. superficial lymph nodes of the head and neck
2. posterior to each ear. where sterncleimast inserts on mastoid process.
3. bilaterally
4. external ear, lacrimal gland, adjacent regions of scalp and face.
5. deep cervical nodes

1. The anterior auricular lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. How are they palpated?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. superficial lymph nodes of the head and neck
2. anterior to the ear.
3. bilaterally
4. external ear, lacrimal gland, adjacent regions of scalp and face.
5. deep cervical lymph nodes

1. The superficial parotid lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. How are they palpated?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. superficial lymph nodes of the head and neck
2. superficial to each parotid gland
3. bilaterally
4. external ear, lacrimal gland, adjacent regions of scalp and face.
5. deep cervical lymph nodes

The facial lymph nodes are in what group? What are their subgroups?

superficial lymph nodes of the head and neck

Malar lymph nodes, nasolabial lymph nodes, buccal lymph nodes, mandibular lymph nodes

How do you palpate the facial nodes?

Into what lymph nodes do all the facial nodes drain?

Can you palpate the deep and retropharyngeal lymph nodes? Why?

Into what do the deep lymph nodes of the head drain?

The deep parotid lymph nodes are in what group?

Where are they located?

What areas do they drain?

superficial parotid nodes

deep in parotid salivary gland

middle ear, auditory tube, parotid salivary gland

The retropharyngeal lymph nodes are in what group?

Where are they located?

What areas do they drain?

Superior deep lymph nodes of the head

deep parotid nodes

pharynx, palate, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity

1. The submental lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. How do you palpate them?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. Superficial cervical lymph nodes
2. inferior to the chin in the sumental fascial space.
3. with one hand under the chin
4. sides of the chin, lower lip, floor of the mouth, apex of the tongue, mand incisors
5. submandibular nodes

1. The submandibular lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. How do you palpate them?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. superficial cervical lymph nodes
2. inferior border of the ramus
3. bilaterally angle of the mandible
4. cheeks, upper lip, body of the tongue, anterior portion of hard palate, teeth
5. deep cervical nodes

1. The external jugular lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. How do you palpate them?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty?

1. Superficial cervical Lymph nodes
2. each side of the neck
3. palpate on each side of the sternocleido
4. 2ndary node to occipital, retroauricular, ant auric. superficial paraotid.
5. deep cervical node

1. The anterior jugular lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. How do you palpate them?
4. What areas do they drain?
5. Into what do they empty? 

1. superficial cervical lymph nodes
2. anterior to sternocleido.
3. palpate inferior to ear
4. infrahyoid region of neck
5. deep cervical nodes

1. The superior deep cervical lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. What areas do they drain?
4. How do you palpate them?
5. Into what do they empty? 6. Which node is sometimes prominent?

1. deep cervical lymph nodes
2. deep beneath sternocleidomastoid.
3. posterior nasal cavity, hard palate, soft palate, base of the tongue, max third molars, esophagus, trachea, thyroid
4. not palpable only tonsils can feel when sick
5. inferior deep cervical nodes 6. jugulodigastric

1. The inferior deep cervical lymph nodes are in what group?
2. Where are they located?
3. What areas do they drain?
4. How do you palpate them?
5. Into what do they empty? Which node is sometimes prominent?

1. deep cervical lymph nodes
2. deep to sternomastoid
3. posterior portion of scalp and neck, superficial pectoral region, portion of the arm.
4. superior to clavicle
5. drain into jugular trunk
6. jugulo-omohyoid lymph node

1. Where are the accessory lymph nodes located?
2. What areas do they drain?
3. Into what do they empty?

1. along the 11th cranial nerve
2. scalp and neck
3. supraclavicular nodes

1. Where are the supraclavicular lymph nodes located?
2. §  How do you palpate them?
3. §  What areas do they drain?
4. §  Into what do they empty?

1. along the clavicle
2. palpate each side of clavicle
3. lateral cervical triangles
4. jugular trunk or thoracic duct

Of what are the tonsils composed?

Where are the palatine tonsils located?

Describe the shape of palatine tonsils.

Where are the lingual tonsils located?

Describe the shape of lingual tonsils.

Where are the pharyngeal tonsils located?

What is another term used for the pharyngeal tonsils?

Where are the tubal tonsils located?

Which type of tonsil is commonly enlarged in children?

Describe lymphadenopathy and how it relates to the lymphatics.

Describe metastasis and the role of the primary and secondary nodes.

Describe nodes with cancer.