Jugulodigastric lymph node

Jugulodigastric lymph node
Jugulodigastric lymph node
	Jugulodigastric are numbered 9 (at top): Deep Lymph Nodes Submental; Submandibular (Submaxillary); Anterior Cervical Lymph Nodes (Deep) Prelaryngeal; Thyroid; Pretracheal; Paratracheal; Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes Lateral jugular; Anterior jugular; Jugulodigastric; Inferior Deep Cervical Lymph Nodes Juguloomohyoid; Supraclavicular (scalene);
	Lymphatics of the tongue. (Jugulodigastric lymph node visible but not labeled.)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Identifiers
Latin	nodus lymphoideus jugulodigastricus
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The jugulodigastric lymph node is a large node found in the proximity of where the posterior belly of the digastric muscle crosses the internal jugular vein.

Enlarged tender jugulodigastric nodes, if accompanying exudative pharyngitis, is likely to be of Streptococcal etiology.^[1] Enlarged jugulodigastric lymph nodes are also commonly found in tonsillitis.

References

^ Worzala, Katherine; Dale Berg (2006). Atlas of adult physical diagnosis. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 28. ISBN 0-7817-4190-4.

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[isbn0-7817-4190-4-1] Worzala, Katherine; Dale Berg (2006). Atlas of adult physical diagnosis. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 28. ISBN 0-7817-4190-4.

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