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anterior auricular lymph node
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- UBERON:0016394
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- anterior auricular glands
- pre-auricular lymph nodes
- preauricular glands
- preauricular lymph node
- Definition
- The preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes (anterior auricular glands or preauricular glands), from one to three in number, lie immediately in front of the tragus. Their afferents drain the lateral surface of the auricula and the skin of the adjacent part of the temporal region; their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical glands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preauricular_deep_parotid_lymph_nodes
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