Lymphoid organs
Submental nodes
Nodi submentales
- System
- Lymphoid organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Lymph nodes of neck
DescriptionUnreviewed
The submental glands (or suprahyoid) are situated between the anterior bellies of the digastric muscle and the hyoid bone.
Their afferents drain the central portions of the lower lip and floor of the mouth and the apex of the tongue.
Their efferents pass partly to the submandibular lymph nodes and partly to a gland of the deep cervical group situated on the internal jugular vein at the level of the cricoid cartilage.
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Names
- Latin
- Nodi submentales
- English
- Submental nodes
- French
- Lymphonoeuds submentaux
- Spanish
- Nodos submentonianos
- Portuguese
- Nós submentais