Quick Facts
Location: Inferior to the tongue.
Drainage: Tongue.
Direction of Flow: Jugulodigastric and submental nodes > internal jugular nodes > supraclavicular nodes > jugular trunk > thoracic duct (left) or right lymphatic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description
The lingual nodes, usually between two and four in number, drain the tissue of the tongue, specifically the dorsum of the tongue. They are located inferior to the tongue itself, in lateral and medial positions. Their efferents run into submental and jugulodigastric nodes and from there into the deep lateral cervical nodes of the neck.
