WHAT IS LYMPH? • LYMPHATIC COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD LYMPHATICUS, MEANING "CONNECTED TO WATER, " AS LYMPH IS CLEAR.
LYMPH FLUID
LYMPH VESSELS AND CAPILLARY
LUMPH NODES: SMALL OVAL BODIES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
LYMPH ORGANS
FORMATION OF LYMPH
LYMPH NODES • A NORMAL YOUNG ADULT BODY CONTAINS SOME 400 -450 LYMPH NODES. HEAD AND NECK -- 60 -70 ARMS/SUPERFICIAL THORAX – 40 LEGS/SUPERFICIAL BUTTOCKS – 30 THORAX – 100 ABDOMEN/PELVIS
FUNCTION OF LYMPHATIC NODES
CLASSIFICATION OF LYMPH NODES
1. HEAD AND FACE 2. NECK A. SUPERFICIAL B. DEEP
1. HEAD AND FACE LYMPHATIC NODES -OCCIPITAL LYMPHATIC NODE -RETROAURICULAR LYMPHATIC NODE -PREAURICULAR LYMPHATIC NODE -SUPERFICIAL PAROTID LYMPHATIC NODE -FACIAL LYMPHATIC NODE
• B. Deep: superior deep : Reteopharyngeal Jugulodigastric Jugloomohyoid Deep parptid inferior deep: Supraclavicular other : accessory chain transvers cervical chain juxtavisceral nodes