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LYMPHATIC VESSELS OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 331
superficial and a deep set. The superficial may be subdivided, accord-
ing to their location, into
1. A Facial Grroup, which arises from the central part of the forehead
nncl descends oblicjuely along the course of the facial vein, and enters the
submaxillarv glands.
Fig. 157.
The Superficial Lymphatics :\nd (llands of the Head, Face, and Neck.
2. A Cranial Group, which consists of a temporal and an occipital
The former, arising from the superior jiortion of the cranium,
set.
descends in front of the "auricle, passes through the facial glands, and
finally terminates in the glands of the neck ; the latter, receiving the
lymph from the occi])ital i^gion of the cranium, converges and descends
along the course of the occipital artery, and enters the post-aural glands
on the mastoid process, and subsequently joins the lymphatics of the
neck (Fig. 158).
LYMPHATIC VESSELS OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 331
superficial and a deep set. The superficial may be subdivided, accord-
ing to their location, into
1. A Facial Grroup, which arises from the central part of the forehead
nncl descends oblicjuely along the course of the facial vein, and enters the
submaxillarv glands.
Fig. 157.
The Superficial Lymphatics :\nd (llands of the Head, Face, and Neck.
2. A Cranial Group, which consists of a temporal and an occipital
The former, arising from the superior jiortion of the cranium,
set.
descends in front of the "auricle, passes through the facial glands, and
finally terminates in the glands of the neck ; the latter, receiving the
lymph from the occi])ital i^gion of the cranium, converges and descends
along the course of the occipital artery, and enters the post-aural glands
on the mastoid process, and subsequently joins the lymphatics of the
neck (Fig. 158).
