Anterior Triangle Flashcards
boundaries of ant triangle
3: mandible (supr) + SCM (post) + neck midline (ant)
layers of deep cervical fascia
3: investing (SCM + traps) + pretracheal (thyroid + infrathyroid muscles) + prevertebral (scalenes + deep back muscles)
submental triangle boundaries
3: hyoid bone (infr) + ant belly of digastric muscle (lat) + mylohyoid muscle (floor)
submental triangle content
4: submental LN + mylohyoid m/n + veins uniting AJV
submandibular triangle boundaries
3: mandible (supr) + ant/post belly of digastric (ant/post)
submandibular triangle floor
3: mylohyoid + hyoglossal + middle pharyngeal constrictor muscles
submandibular triangle contents
6: submandibular gland/LN + facial a/v + hypoglossal n (CNXII) + mylohyoid n (CN V3)
muscular triangle boundaries
omohyoid muscle + SCM + neck midline
muscular triangle contents
4: infrahyoid muscles: SH + OH (supf); ST + TH (deep)
6: thyroid/parathyroid gland + L/R recurrent laryngeal n + AJV + larynx + trachea
pyramdial lobe prelevance
50%
thyroid blood supply (+branches)
supr thyroid (off ext carotid) + inf thyroid (off thyrocervical trunks) + thyroid ima artery (10%)
thyroid blood drainage (+tributaries)
supr thyroid (IJV) + middle thyroid (IJV) + inf thyroid (L/R brachiocephalic)
recurrent laryngeal n (from CNX) (loop + funct component + structures innervated)
L wraps around aortic arch, R wraps subclavain a
BM SA (to all laryngeal muscle minus cricothryoid) VA VE-para/pre (to mucosa + mucus glands)
carotid triangle boundaries
omohyoid m + SCM + post belly of digastric
carotid triangle content
carotid sheath: common carotid a (med) + IJV (lat)+ CNX (post)
5: ext carotid a + sup laryngeal n + CNXI + CNXII + ansa cervicalis