UNLV School of Medicine Virtual Anatomy Lab

IV.D.3 Face: Facial Vasculature Page 3 of 3

Lymphatic drainage

lymphatics
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Step 17:  Begin with the skull.
Step 18:  Add the submental nodes.
Step 19:  Add the submandibular nodes.
Step 20:  Add the parotid nodes.
Step 21:  Add the mastoid nodes.
Step 22:  Add the occipital nodes.
Step 23:  Add the deep and superficial cervical.

Note that all of the drainage from the face and head is toward the neck.

Drainage from the left side of the head eventually drains into the thoracic duct. (See CPR Week 9 Module 1)

Drainage from the right side eventually drains into the right lymphatic duct. (See CPR Week 9 Module 1)