10/18/16 Student presentation TEST #3 Flashcards
What is the first branch off of the superior thyroid muslce?
-Infrahyoid branch
T/F
Both infrahyoid branches come together and anastamose?
True
What is the second branch off of the superior thyroid muscle?
SCM branch
What does the SMC branch supply?
SCM
What is the third branch off of the superior thyroid artery?
-Superior Laryngeal branch
What is the fourth branch off of the superior thyroid artery?
Cricothyroid branch
What other branches come off of the superior thyroid artery?
Glandular branches
What do the glandular branches serve?
Top of the thyroid
What is the first branch off of the vagus nerve?
Auricular branch
What is the second branch off of the vagus nerve?
Pharyngeal branch
What does the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve pass across?
Internal carotid artery
What two nerves are part of the pharyngeal plexus?
CN X
CN IX
What is the third branch off of the vagus nerve?
Carotid branch
What is the fourth branch off of the vagus nerve?
Superior laryngeal branch
What does the superior laryngeal branch branch into?
Superior internal laryngeal nerve
Superior external laryngeal nerve
What is the fifth branch off of the vagus nerve?
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Where does the right recurrent laryngeal nerve go around?
The subclavian artery
Where does the left recurrent laryngeal nerve go around?
Superiorly behind the aortic arch
What pharyngeal muscle is not innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve?
Stylopharyngeus
Where does the occipital artery run medial to?
Mastoid processes
What artery does the stylomastoid branch come off of?
Occipital artery
What artery does the auricular branch come off of?
Occipital artery