Mastoid lymph nodes

[TA] two or three nodes in the region of the mastoid process; they receive afferent lymphatic vessels from the scalp and auricle and send efferent vessels to the superior deep cervical nodes. SYN: nodi lymphoidei mastoidei [TA], retroauricular lymph nodes.

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