Anatomical demarcation of cervical lymph node subdivisions

Divisions Anatomical divisions
Upper boundary Lower boundary Anterior Boundary (Medial Boundary) Back boundary (outer boundary)
I A Union of the mandible Hyoid bone Anterior belly of contralateral diastasis Ipsilateral diastasis anterior ventral
ⅠB Lower mandible Posterior diastasis recti Digastric anterior abdominal Stem hyoid muscle
IIA Cranial base Underwater margin of hyoid bone flat stem hyoid muscle paracranial plane
IIB Paraneoplastic plane Posterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle
III Level of the inferior border of the hyoid bone Level of the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage External edge of sternocleidomastoid muscle Posterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle
IV Level of the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage clavicle
V A Top of the intersection of the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles Level of the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage Posterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle Anterior edge of trapezius muscle
V B Lower edge of cricoid cartilage level Clavicle
VI Hyoid bone Superior border of sternal stalk Contralateral common carotid artery Ipsilateral common carotid artery
Superior border of sternal stalk Superior border of the innominate artery Common carotid artery (left) None artery