Tags: Anatomical Structure, Lymph.
The facial lymph nodes comprise three groups: (a) infraorbital or maxillary scattered over the infraorbital region from the groove between the nose and cheek to the zygomatic arch; (b) buccinator one or more placed on the Buccinator opposite the angle of the mouth; (c) supramandibular on the outer surface of the mandible in front of the Masseter and in contact with the external maxillary artery and anterior facial vein.Their afferent vessels drain the eyelids the conjunctiva and the skin and mucous membrane of the nose and cheek; their efferents pass to the submaxillary glands.This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray’s Anatomy.
