Anterior Neck Flashcards
What are the borders
SCM, Mandible, Midline of neck
What are the vessels of the Anterior Neck?
CCA, ECA, ICA, internal jugular
The right CCA comes from where?
Brachiocephalic
The left CCA comes from where?
Aortic Arch
Which vessels is a direct continuation of the CCA?
Internal carotid
Which vessels supplies the brain? what does it join and what does it form
Internal carotid, joins with the other internal CA and the basilar artery to form the circle of wilis in order to supply the brain
What are the 6 branches of the External Carotid?
Ascending Pharyngeal, Occipital, Posterior Auricular, Superior Thyroid, Inguinal, Facial
What structures contains the Baroreceptors?
Carotid Sinus, measures BP
What strucutres contain the chemoreceptors?
Carotid body, which monitors oxygen in perihperal blood
What innervates the carotid sinus and baroreceptors?
Glossophrayngeal nerve
What cranial nerves pass through the Anterior triangle?
CN X, XI, XII (Vagus, Glossophary, Hypogloss)
Within the carotid sheath which structure is most lateral?
Internal jugular
The larynx is made of which two cartilages which are connected by which ligament?
Thyroid cartilage and cricothyroid cartilage whihc are connected by the cricothyroid ligament
Which part of the esophagus is voluntary?
upper 1/3
