nodi lymphoidei cervicales laterales profundi superiores
- nodi lymphoidei cervicales laterales profundi superiores
- [TA] superior deep lateral cervical lymph nodes: a group of lymph nodes adjacent to the carotid sheath deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle; they receive lymph from a number of structures of the head and neck and drain into the inferior deep cervical nodes or the jugular trunk.
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