Medical Definition of Occipital lymph nodes

1. One or two small nodes along the occipital vessels close to the trapezius muscle that receive afferents from the posterior scalp and drain into the superior deep cervical nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici occipitales. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occipital Lymph Nodes

occipital border of temporal bone
occipital branch
occipital cerebral veins
occipital condyle
occipital emissary vein
occipital fontanel
occipital groove
occipital gyri
occipital gyrus
occipital horn
occipital lobe
occipital lobe epilepsy
occipital lobe of cerebrum
occipital lobes
occipital lymph nodes (current term)
occipital margin
occipital neuralgia
occipital neurectomy
occipital neuritis
occipital operculum
occipital part of corpus callosum
occipital plane
occipital plexus
occipital point
occipital pole
occipital pole of cerebrum
occipital protuberance
occipital region of head
occipital sinus

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