Are you my nodes?

Instructions: Label the nodes presented on the photo below.

Identify the function of each nodes and their possible
corresponding disease.

PRE AURICULAR NODES

PAROTID GLAND

SUBMENTAL POST AURICULAR NODES

NODES

ANTERIOR CERVICAL NODES

SUBMANDIBULAR POSTERIRO CERVICAL NODES

SUPRACLAVICULAR DEEP CERVICAL NODES

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Name of node Diseases that may affect the

specific node
Preauricular nodes Otitis externa, salivary
glands infections, or viral
conjunctivitis
Parotid gland Sialo lithiasis, sialadenitis,
Sjogren’s syndrome, viruses,
cancerous and non-
cancerous tumors.
Post auricular nodes Strep throat, ear infections,
and mononucleosis.
Anterior cervical nodes Measles, mumps, rubella,
and chicken-pox.

Posterior cervical nodes Epstein-Barr virus,

tuberculosis, and
pharyngitis.
Deep cervical nodes Tonsils

Supraclavicular Thyroid/laryngeal disease,

mycobacterial/fungal
infections.
Submandibular Upper mycobacterial
infections, toxoplasma,
cytomegalovirus, dental
disease, and rubella.
Submental nodes Cold, flu, cysts, benign,
tumors, and chin lumps