Occipital lymph nodes

Occipital lymph nodes
Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Occipital glands labeled at center left.)
Lymph nodes at surface:
  • 1. Occipital (retroauricular)
  • 2. Mastoid
  • 3. Superficial parotid
  • 4. Deep parotid
  • 5. Preauricular
  • 6. Infra-auricular
  • 7. Intraglandular parotid

Facial lymph nodes:

  • 8. Buccinator
  • 9. Nasolabial
  • 10. Mandibular
  • 11. Anterior cervical (superficial jugular)
  • 12. Superficial cervical (external jugular)
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Drains fromScalp, occiput
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei occipitales
FMA61214
Anatomical terminology

The occipital lymph nodes are a group of 1-3 superficial lymph nodes of the head situated in the occipital region that drain part of the scalp of the occiput.

They are situated at the margin of the trapezius and resting on the insertion of the semispinalis capitis.

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