Anterior Neck Flashcards

1
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Platysma OIA

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Origin: infra and supraclavicular regions

Insertion: base of mandible; spine of cheek and angle of mouth

Innervation: facial nerve

Action: depression of angles of mouth and mandible (“frightened face”)

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2
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Triangles of the neck anterior and posterior boundaries

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Anterior: anterior border of sternocleidomastoid, inferior border of the mandible

Posterior: posterior border of the SCM, anterior border of the trapezius and middle one-third of clavicle

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3
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4 smaller triangles of anterior triangle

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Submandibular, submental, muscular, and carotid

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4
Q

Submandibular outlines and major contents

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Inferior border of the mandible and digastric m.

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5
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Submental triangle outlines and major contents

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Hyoid bone and anterior belly of digastric m

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6
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Muscular triangle outlines and major contents

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Hyoid bone, superior belly of omohyoid m., and anterior border of the SCM m

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7
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Carotid triangle outlines and contents

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Superior belly of omohyoid m, stylohyoid m, posterior belly of digastric m, and anterior border of SCM m

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8
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Submandibular triangle major contents

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Facial a & v, submandibular gland, hypoglossal n (CN12)

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9
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Submental triangle major content

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Submental lymph nodes

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10
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Carotid triangle major content

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Int. Jugular v, carotid a, vagus n (CN 10), ansa cervicalis

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11
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Muscular triangle major contents

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Thyroid and parathyroid glands

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12
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Suprahyoid muscles

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Stylohyoid, digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid

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13
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Infrahyoid muscles

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Sternohyoid, omohyoid, thyrohyoid, sternothyroid

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14
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Stylohyoid OIIA

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Origin: base of styloid process

Insertion: greater horns

Innervation: facial nerve (CN 07)

Main action: pulls the hyoid bone posterosuperiorly during swallowing

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15
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Digastric OIIA

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Origin: anterior - digastric fossa, posterior - mastoid process

Insertion: tendon between 2 bellies to body of hyoid bone

Innervation: mylohyoid nerve

Main action: elevates the hyoid bone and depresses the mandible

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Mylohyoid OIIA

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Origin: mylohyoid line of mandible

Insertion: body of hyoid bone

Innervation: mylohyoid nerve

Main action: support and elevation of floor of mouth; elevation of hyoid

17
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Geniohyoid OIIA

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Origin: inferior mental spine

Insertion: body of hyoid bone

Innervation: anterior ramus from C1

Main action: fixation of mandible; pulls mandible inward

18
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Sternohyoid OIIA

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Origin: posterior aspect of sternoclavicular joint

Insertion: body of hyoid bone

Innervation: ansa cervicalis

Main action: depresses hyoid bone after swallowing

19
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Omohyoid OIIA

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Origin: superior border of scapula

Insertion: body of hyoid bone

Innervation: anterior rami of C1 to C3

Main action: depresses hyoid bone

20
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Thyrohyoid OIIA

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Origin: thyroid cartilage

Insertion: greater horn of hyoid bone

Innervation: anterior ramus of C1

Main action: depresses the hyoid bone and elevates thyroid cartilage

21
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Sternothyroid OIIA

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Origin: manubrium

Insertion: thyroid cartilage

Innervation: ansa cervicales

Main action: draws larynx (thyroid cartilage) downward

22
Q

What does the internal carotid artery supply blood to?

A

everything in the skull; ex. brain

23
Q

What does the external carotid artery supply blood to?

A

everything outside the skull

24
Q

What veins receive blood from all structures of the head and neck?

A

internal jugular veins

25
Q

What arteries come from the brachiocephalic trunk?

A

Right common carotid and right subclavian artery

26
Q

What structure does the right internal jugular vein come from?

A

brachiocephalic trunk

27
Q

What vessels come from the aortic arch?

A

left common carotid artery and subclavian

28
Q

Which nerves pass through the jugular foramen?

A

Glossopharyngeal (CN 09)
Vagus nerve (CN 10)
Accessory nerve (CN 11)

29
Q

Which nerve passes through the hypoglossal canal?

A

Hypoglossal (CN 12)

30
Q

What type of nerve is glossopharyngeal? Function?

A

mixed nerve (motor and sensory); innervates muscle of pharyngeal wall

31
Q

What type of nerve is vagus nerve? Function?

A

mixed nerve (motor and sensory); innervates larynx, lungs, heart, liver, and structures in abdomen

32
Q

What type of nerve is accessory nerve? Function?

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motor nerve; innervates SCM and trap

33
Q

What type of nerve is hypoglossal nerve? Function?

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motor nerve; innervates the tongue