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Anterior cervical group
• Pretracheal nodal chain
:
along the length of the external jugular vein
external to the strap muscles.
• Drainage:
The skin and muscles of the anterior neck >
the
thoracic duct
or the
anterior mediastinal
nodes
(left) and the
low deep cervical chain
or
highest intrathoracic node
(right)