Superficial cervical lymph nodes
Lymphonodi cervicales superficiales
Filters lymph from the neck, the shoulder and the forelimb.
About the superficial cervical lymph nodes of the dog
Superficial cervical lymph nodes is a lymph of the front leg (thoracic limb), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Lymphonodi cervicales superficiales. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- In front of the shoulder, under the omotransversarius.
- Action
- Filters lymph from the neck, the shoulder and the forelimb.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Superficial cervical lymph nodes
- Latin (NAV)
- Lymphonodi cervicales superficiales
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The superficial cervical lymph nodes in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the superficial cervical lymph nodes
- What is the Latin name of the superficial cervical lymph nodes?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the superficial cervical lymph nodes is called Lymphonodi cervicales superficiales.
- Where is the superficial cervical lymph nodes of the dog?
- Superficial cervical lymph nodes is a lymph of the front leg (thoracic limb), on the left side.
See the superficial cervical lymph nodes inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
