Quick Facts
Location: Inferior to the tongue.
Drainage: The tongue.
Direction of Flow: Jugulodigastric and submental nodes > internal jugular nodes > supraclavicular nodes > jugular trunk > thoracic duct (left) or right lymphatic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description
The lingual lymph vessels drain the tissue of the tongue, specifically the dorsum. They are located inferior to the tongue itself, in lateral and medial positions. Their efferents run into submental and jugulodigastric nodes and from there into the deep lateral cervical nodes of the neck.
