Lymph Drainage

Front 1

Afferent ducts are from the forehead and upper face

Back 1

Pre-Auricular (in front of ear)

Front 2

Parietal area of head and part of the ear

Back 2

Post Auricular (mastoid/ behind ear)

Front 3

occipital region of scalp and from deep structure from the back of the neck

Back 3

Occipital Node

Front 4

Side of head and parotid glands. In addition to forehead, cheek, eelides, ear, noce, upper lip, eustachian tube

Back 4

Parotid (tonsillary)

Front 5

chin, upper lip, cheek, nose, teeth, eyelids, toungue, floor of mouth

Back 5

submandibular (submaxillary, jaw line)

Front 6

Receives collecting ducts from the gums, floor of the mouth, and part of the tongue

Back 6

Submental (under tounge)

Front 7

Receives lymph from the skin and neck

Back 7

Anterior Superficial Cervical Chain

Front 8

Receives lymph from the subclavian, laterocervical, anterothoracic, internal mammary regions

Back 8

Posterior Superficial Cervical chain ( posterior triangle)

Front 9

Receives lymph from the larynx, thyroid gland, trachea, and upper part of the esophagus)

Back 9

Deep cervical chain ( under sternomastoid muscle)

Front 10

Receives lymph from part of the breast tissue.

Back 10

Supra Clavicular

Front 11

upper extremity, deltoid region, anterior wall of the chest, and part of the breast

Back 11

Axillary

Front 12

ollecting ducts form the pathway along the ulnar nerve and artery, ulnar surface of the forearm, 4th or 5th finger, the medial surface of the middle finger

Back 12

Epitrochlear

Front 13

Drain most of the lymph from the lower extremity, the external genitalia, and the anterior abdominal wall.

Back 13

Inguinal

Front 14

Popliteal Lymph Nodes

Back 14

Superficial: receives lymph from the lymphatic vessels accompanying the small saphenous vein. Deep: Receive lymph from the knee joint and lymphatic vessels accompanying the arteries of the leg