Anatomy Of The Neck Flashcards
Neck function
Support for head
Allows for motion of head
Passageway
Contains important organs
What part of spine is in neck
Cervical spine (7)
Hyoid bone (where/function)
Anterior (C3 level)
Mobile
Muscle attachment and aid to keep airway open
Soft issue glands of the neck
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Salivary
Thyroid gland (shape coverings, what kind of gland, level on spine, it has a ______ supply)
Butterfly shaped (2 lobes connected by isthmus)
Thin fibrous capsule
Endocrine gland
Level of C5-T1
Rich blood supply
Thyroid lobes wrap _____ to isthmus
Posteriorly
Thyroid lobes have ___ and ___ poles
Superior
Inferior
Thyroid lobes are posterior to the _______
Anterior to the _______
Strap muscles
Longus colli muscle
Isthmus is how thick, ______ to trachea and esophagus, and at the ____ level of the spine
Relatively thin
Anterior
C5
Parathyroid glands (how many, size, lie on _____ surface of each thyroid lobes, lie _____ to fibroids capsule, regulate _____ levels)
Four small glands
Posterior
External
Calcium
Salivary glands (function, location, produce, how many)
Accessory glands for digestion
Lie in jaw and lower ear area
Produce and secrete saliva into oral cavity via ducts
3 paired glands
What are the names of the salivary glands (3 paired)
Paoritds
Submandibulars
Sublinguals
The parotid gland size, location, extends from/to, drainage via _____into the _____
Largest
Wedges between mandible and sternocleidomastoid muscle
Extends from ear orifice to angle of the mandible
Stensen’s duct/mouth
Submandibular gland (size, location, drainage via what/to where)
2nd largest salivary gland
Located at angle of the jaw behind the mandible
Drainage via Wharton’s duct posterior to the teeth
Parathyroid ______ calcium levels
Thyroid ______ calcium levels
Raise
Lower
Sublingual (size, location, duct)
Smallest
Under the tongue
Bartholin’s duct
What is the pharynx and what is it commonly known as
Fibromuscular passageway for respiratory/digestive functions
Commonly referred to as the throat
______ are located in the pharynx
Tonsils
3 sections of pharynx
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx
Nasopharynx (what portion of pharynx, behind what, what tonsils/where, what enters laterally)
Sup portion of pharynx
Directly behind nose
Adenoids tonsils on post wall
Auditory tubes enter laterally
Oropharynx. (What portion of pharynx, behind what, what tonsils/where)
Middle portion of the pharynx
Directly behind the mouth
Palatine tonsils on post wall
Laryngopharynx (what portion of pharynx, adjacent to)
Inferior portion of pharynx
Adjacent to opening of larynx and esophagus
Larynx is what and AKa
Modified part of air passage (voice production)
Voice box
Important cartilages of the larynx
Thyroid; shield shaped, ant ridge forms Adam’s apple
Cricoid: inferior to thyroid cartilage, marks start of esophagus and trachea
Epiglottis
Elastic flap preventing food into the trachea
Trachea (function, divides, reinforced by, passes through, bifurcation at)
Airway to the lungs
Divides into right and left main bronchi
Reinforced by c shaped cartilage
Passes through mediastinum
Bifurcation at T5
Trachea is anterior to _______ and posterior to ______
Esophagus
Thyroid isthmus
Esophagus (what, travels through, ends at)
Muscular canal from mouth to stomach
Travels through mediastinum
Ends at GE junction