Parotid lymph nodes
Lymphonodi mandibulares
Filter lymph from the lips, nose, cheeks, mouth and tongue.
About the parotid lymph nodes of the horse
Parotid lymph nodes is a lymph of the head (head), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Lymphonodi mandibulares. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, 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
- A large cluster in the intermandibular space, the two sides meeting in a V.
- Action
- Filter lymph from the lips, nose, cheeks, mouth and tongue.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Parotid lymph nodes
- Latin (NAV)
- Lymphonodi mandibulares
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the parotid lymph nodes
- What is the Latin name of the parotid lymph nodes?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the parotid lymph nodes is called Lymphonodi mandibulares.
- Where is the parotid lymph nodes of the horse?
- Parotid lymph nodes is a lymph of the head (head), on the left side.
See the parotid lymph nodes inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse 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.
