Lymphatic drainage of the head and neck

Anterior deep and superficial cervical nodes

External jugular node

Facial nodes

Internal jugular chain

Occipital nodes

Parotid nodes

Posterior auricular (mastoid) nodes

Posterior cervical spinal nerve chain

Posterior superficial cervical chain

Preauricular nodes

Retropharyngeal (tonsillar) node

Sternocleidomastoid nodes

Sublingual node

Submandibular nodes

Submental nodes

Supraclavicular nodes

Suprahyoid node

Thyrolinguofacial node