Lymph Node Map Neck. Understanding Head and Neck Lymph Nodes A Comprehensive Guide Anatomy Note The lymph node has a protective outside layer (capsule), like a shell on the bean that divides parts of the node into rooms with a large open room in the center. Enter your information to receive occasional news and important updates! Subscribe
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Figure 8.1 Surgical levels of the neck Level I constitutes lymph nodes above the anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric muscle cephalad to the hyoid bone and inferior to the inferior border of the mandible and includes the submental group of nodes These systems employ the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system and traditionally established node levels
References Grégoire V, Ang K, Budach W, Grau C, Hamoir M, Langendijk JA, Lee A, Le QT, Maingon P, Nutting C, O'Sullivan B, Porceddu SV, Lengele B Figure 8.1 Surgical levels of the neck Level I constitutes lymph nodes above the anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric muscle cephalad to the hyoid bone and inferior to the inferior border of the mandible and includes the submental group of nodes Level VII nodes are located below the suprasternal notch, extending into the superior mediastinum
. These nodes are crucial for filtering lymph from the lower neck and upper chest Lymph nodes look like sprouting kidney beans, where the sprouts are tubes that carry lymphatic fluid around your body (lymphatic channels)
. Differing definitions exist across specialties 1-4.The following is a synthesis of radiologically useful boundaries for each level. Enter your information to receive occasional news and important updates! Subscribe