See Also: retroauricular lymph nodes(medicine)
Lymph nodes(health)
Lymph nodes(medicine)
subpyloric lymph nodes(medicine)
submental lymph nodes(medicine)
submandibular lymph nodes(medicine)
colic lymph nodes(medicine)
coeliac lymph nodes(medicine)
occipital lymph nodes(medicine)
intercostal lymph nodes(medicine)

retroauricular lymph nodes (medicine)


retroauricular lymph nodes


Two or three nodes in the region of the mastoid process; they receive afferent lymphatic vessels from the scalp and auricle and send efferent vessels to the superior deep cervical nodes.

Synonym: nodi lymphatici mastoidei, mastoid lymph nodes.