nodi lymphoidei mastoidei

nodi lymphoidei mastoidei
[TA] mastoid lymph nodes: lymph nodes, two or three on each side, that are superficial to the mastoid attachment of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and deep to the posterior auricular muscle; they drain the nasal fossae and paranasal sinuses, hard and soft palate, middle ear, and nasopharynx and oropharynx. Called also retroauricular lymph nodes.

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