Buccinator lymph node

Buccinator lymph node
	1: Submental lymph nodes; 2: Submandibular lymph nodes; 3: Supraclavicular lymph nodes; 4: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes; 5: Buccinator lymph node; 6: Superficial cervical lymph nodes; 7: Jugular lymph nodes; 8: Parotid lymph nodes; 9: Retroauricular lymph nodes & occipital lymph nodes
	Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Buccinator glands labeled at center right.)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Source	nasolabial lymph node
Identifiers
Latin	nodus lymphoideus buccinatorius
	Anatomical terminology

The buccinator lymph node or nodes are one or more lymph nodes placed on the Buccinator opposite the angle of the mouth.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 694 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

lesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (livingnecklateral)

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