Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
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Their afferents drain the nasal cavities, the nasal part of the pharynx, and the auditory tubes.
Their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical lymph nodes.
They are in the retropharyngeal space.[1]
They frequently disappear by age 4-5.[2] (This is why retropharyngeal abscess is rare in older children.)
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20080216031919/http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/head/hnl3a.htm
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