Lymph Node Examination

 

Head and Neck

The lymph nodes are best palpated in the following sequence:

 

  1. preauricular
  2. posterior auricular
  3. occipital - at the posterior base of the skull
  4. tonsilar - angle of mandible
  5. submandibular - halfway along jaw
  6. submental - midline in jaw
  7. superficial cervical - along SCM
  8. posterior cervical - along anterior edge of trapezius
  9. deep cervical chain - below SCM
  10. supraclavicular