41X Flashcards
What branches into the R common carotid & R subclavian artery?
Brachiocephalic trunk
What arise independently from the aortic arch?
L subclavian & L common carotid
These are direct branches from the subclavian arteries that course through transverse foramina of cervical vertebrae?
Vertebral arteries
What do the internal carotid arteries branch off of?
Common carotid arteries
Where do the internal carotid arteries enter skull?
Through carotid canal(s) (carotid foramen (foramina))
Where do the inferior carotid arteries go to?
Inferior anterior surface of brain
This supplies the external skull as branches of maxillary & superficial temporal branches?
External Carotid arteries
What supplies the eyeballs & parts of brain with blood?
Internal carotid arteries
What is the Arterial circle of Willis?
Is an anastomosis;
connects posterior & anterior blood supplies to brain
interconnecting basilar artery w/ internal carotid arteries
The external and internal jugular veins drain the head and neck into?
Superior vena cava
The Dural venous sinuses empty into?
Internal jugular veins
Which lymphatic duct drains the head and upper right extremity?
Right lymphatic duct
Which lymphatic duct drains the majority of the bodies lymphatic fluid back to venous blood?
Thoracic duct
What is the only moveable joint in the head?
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
What is between the mandibular fossa (temporal bone) & head of the mandible (condylar process of ramus of mandible)?
Articular disc
What are the muscles of TMJ?
Temporal
Masseter
Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid
What are the subdivision of the posterior triangle of neck?
Occipital triangle
Subclavian triangle
How did the occipital triangle recieve its name, what is most important nerve crossing it & what are its borders?
1) occipital artery @ apex
2) accessory nerve
3) Anterior Border: Sternocleidomastoid
posterior border: Trapezius
inferior border: superior
surface of the belly of Omohyoid muscle
How did the subclavian triangle recieve its name, what is it also known as & what are its borders?
1) contains subclavian artery
2) Supraclavicular triangle
3) Borders are:
belly of omohyoid
sternocleidomastoid &
clavicle
What are the names of the anterior neck triangles?
Submandibular triangle
Submental triangle
Carotid triangle
muscular triangle
what are the borders of the submental triangle?
Inferior: body of hyoid
Lateral: L/R bellies of digastric muscles
Floor: 2 mylohyoid muscles