Deep Cervical Lymph Node

Preferred Label : Deep Cervical Lymph Node;

NCIt definition : Lymph nodes located deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, which surround the internal jugular vein, and serve as the main pathway of lymphatic drainage for the head and neck.;

Alternative definition : UBERON: The deep cervical lymph nodes are a group of cervical lymph nodes found near the internal jugular vein. They can be divided into upper and lower groups, or superior and inferior groups. Alternatively, they can be divided into deep anterior cervical lymph nodes and deep lateral cervical lymph nodes. They can also be divided into three groups: superior deep jugular, middle deep jugular, and inferior deep jugular.;

Details

Origin ID

C32431;

UMLS CUI

C0458298;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Lymphatic System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Structure of upper deep cervical lymph node (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- deep cervical lymph node [UBERON concept]
- deep cervical lymph node [ICHI extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Deep cervical lymph node [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of deep cervical lymph node (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- deep cervical lymph node [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Deep cervical lymph node [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of deep cervical lymph node (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- deep cervical lymph node [UBERON concept]
- deep cervical lymph node [Radlex concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- UBERON Terminology [NCIt concept]

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