Paratracheal lymph nodes

Lymph: Paratracheal lymph nodes
Deep Lymph Nodes 1. Submental 2. Submandibular (Submaxillary) Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep) 3. Prelaryngeal 4. Thyroid 5. Pretracheal 6. Paratracheal Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes 7. Lateral jugular 8. Anterior jugular 9. Jugulodigastric Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes 10. Juguloomohyoid 11. Supraclavicular (scalene)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei paratracheales
Gray's	subject #177 697
Drains to	bronchomediastinal lymph trunks

The right and left paratracheal lymph nodes (or paratracheal chains) are groups of lymph nodes located in the throat.

External links

• Histology at wisc.edu
• -1308229573 at GPnotebook
• http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic306.htm#section~anatomy_of_the_cervical_lymphatics

v • d • e Lymphatics of head and neck (TA A13.3.00, GA 8.692) Head Posterior Occipital · Mastoid/retroauricular Parotid: Superficial · Deep (Preauricular, Infra-auricular, Intraglandular) Anterior Facial (Buccinator, Nasolabial) · Mandibular Submandibular · Submental Neck/Cervical Superficial cervical: Superficial anterior cervical · Superficial lateral cervical Deep cervical: Deep anterior cervical (Pretracheal, Paratracheal, Prelaryngeal, Thyroid) · Deep lateral cervical (Superior deep cervical, Inferior deep cervical, Retropharyngeal, Jugulodigastric, Jugulo-omohyoid) Anterior cervical · Lateral cervical Supraclavicular (Virchow's) Jugular trunk Tonsils/Waldeyer's tonsillar ring Palatine · Lingual · Pharyngeal · Tubal

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