LYMPH-VESSELS OF THE FACE 



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group, consisting of from six to ten trunks, passing to the facial and submaxillary 

 nodes. There are some anastomoses between the capillaries of the skin and those 

 of the mucous membrane of the nose. 



Fig. 558. — The Facial Nodes. (After Buchbinder.) 



Suborbital nodes 

 Node of nasogenial fold 



Buccinator nodes 



Supra maxillary node 

 InframaxiUary node 



The lymphatics of the lips (fig. 559) . — The capillary plexuses of the skin and 

 mucous membrane are continuous at the free border of the lips. The vessels of 

 the upper lip, of which there are about four on each side, pass to the submaxillary 



Fig. 559. — The Lymphatics of the Lips. Newborn child. 



Dorendorf.) 



(From Bartels after 



Superior submental 

 lymph nodes 



Inf. submental ly 

 nodes 



Ant. submaxillary lymph 

 nodes 



Middle submaxillary lymph 

 nodes 



Posterior submaxillary lymph 

 nodes 



Deep cervical lymph nodes 



nodes. From the lower Up the trunks from near the angle of the mouth pass to 

 the submaxillary nodes, while those from the centre of the lip pass to the 

 submental nodes. 



There are from two to four subcutaneous vessels and from two to three submucous vessels on 

 either side. The collecting trunks passing to the submaxillary nodes do not anastomose, and 



