Anterior Neck Flashcards
Platysma OIA
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”)
Triangles of the neck anterior and posterior boundaries
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
4 smaller triangles of anterior triangle
Submandibular, submental, muscular, and carotid
Submandibular outlines and major contents
Inferior border of the mandible and digastric m.
Submental triangle outlines and major contents
Hyoid bone and anterior belly of digastric m
Muscular triangle outlines and major contents
Hyoid bone, superior belly of omohyoid m., and anterior border of the SCM m
Carotid triangle outlines and contents
Superior belly of omohyoid m, stylohyoid m, posterior belly of digastric m, and anterior border of SCM m
Submandibular triangle major contents
Facial a & v, submandibular gland, hypoglossal n (CN12)
Submental triangle major content
Submental lymph nodes
Carotid triangle major content
Int. Jugular v, carotid a, vagus n (CN 10), ansa cervicalis
Muscular triangle major contents
Thyroid and parathyroid glands
Suprahyoid muscles
Stylohyoid, digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid
Infrahyoid muscles
Sternohyoid, omohyoid, thyrohyoid, sternothyroid
Stylohyoid OIIA
Origin: base of styloid process
Insertion: greater horns
Innervation: facial nerve (CN 07)
Main action: pulls the hyoid bone posterosuperiorly during swallowing
Digastric OIIA
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