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2. Mastoid lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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   The mastoid lymph nodes (retroauricular lymph nodes or posterior auricular glands) are a small group of lymph nodes, usually two in number, located just beneath the ear, on the mastoid insertion of the sternocleidomastoideus muscle, beneath the posterior auricular muscle.

3. Lymph node - Wikipedia

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   The primary function of lymph nodes is the filtering of lymph to identify and fight infection. In order to do this, lymph nodes contain lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, which includes B cells and T cells. These circulate through the bloodstream and enter and reside in lymph nodes. [24] B cells produce antibodies.

4. List of lymph nodes of the human body - Wikipedia

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   Lymph nodes of the lungs: The lymph is drained from the lung tissue through subsegmental, segmental, lobar and interlobar lymph nodes to the hilar lymph nodes, which are located around the hilum (the pedicle, which attaches the lung to the mediastinal structures, containing the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary veins, the main bronchus for each side, some vegetative nerves and the lymphatics) of ...

5. Preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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   A specific example would be the lateral portions of the eye's bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva as well as the skin adjacent to the ear within the temporal region. The efferents of these nodes pass to the superior deep cervical glands. The preauricular nodes glands will present with marked swelling in viral conjunctivitis. [1]

6. Parotid lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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   Parotid lymph nodes are lymph nodes found near the parotid gland in the immune system. More specifically, it can refer to: ... thus "next to, near the ear". ...

7. File:Lymph node regions.svg - Wikipedia

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   Cervical lymph nodes; Common iliac lymph nodes; Deltopectoral lymph nodes; External iliac lymph nodes; Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes; Inguinal lymph nodes; Internal iliac lymph nodes; List of lymph nodes of the human body; Lymphatic system; Occipital lymph nodes; Periaortic lymph nodes; Popliteal lymph nodes; Supratrochlear lymph nodes ...

8. Lymphatic system - Wikipedia

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   A lymph node showing afferent and efferent lymphatic vessels Regional lymph nodes. A lymph node is an organized collection of lymphoid tissue, through which the lymph passes on its way back to the blood. Lymph nodes are located at intervals along the lymphatic system.

9. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue - Wikipedia

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   The mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), also called mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue, is a diffuse system of small concentrations of lymphoid tissue found in various submucosal membrane sites of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract, nasopharynx, thyroid, breast, lung, salivary glands, eye, and skin.