Occipital lymph nodes

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Head and neck lymph nodes in humans, occipital lymph nodes here referred to as occipital glands .

The occipital lymph nodes ( Nodi lymphoidei [Nll.] Occipitales ) are a group of two to three lymph nodes on the back of the head, above the insertion of the semispinalis capitis muscle . The catchment area (tributary area) are the occiput and the neck . The lymph drainage goes to the deep cervical lymph nodes .

literature

  • Detlev Drenckhahn (Ed.): Anatomy, macroscopic anatomy, embryology and human histology . Elsevier, Urban & Fischer Verlag, 16th ed. 2004, p. 176.