Anterior Triangle Flashcards
Pharyngeal Apparatus
Contributes to formation of head and neck (face, nose, mouth, larynx, pharynx and neck)
Pharyngeal Arches
6 arches
develop at lateral end of foregut (primordial pharynx) during 1st part of week 4
-Contain neural crest cells
-arches separated on external surface by PHARYNGEAL GROOVES and on the inside by PHARYNGEAL POUCHES
Mesenchyme of Arches
Contains:
- Blood vessel (artery) -Cartilage (forms skeletal part)
- Muscular component -Nerve
First Arch Bones, Muscles and Nerve
Mandibular Arch -MAXILLARY prominence=maxilla -MANDIBULAR prominence=mandible Muscles -mastication, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini Nerve=CN V
Second Arch Bones, Muscles and Nerve
Hyoid Arch=hyoid bone
Muscles= facial expression, stapedius, stylohyoid and posterior belly of digastric
Nerve=CN VII
Third Arch
contributes to formation of hyoid bone
Muscle=stylophayngeus muscle swallow
Nerve= CN IX
Fourth Arch
cartilages of larynx
Nerve=CN X vagus
Pharyngeal Membranes
ectoderm of grooves on outside of pharyngeal wall make contact with endoderm of pouches on inside to for these membranes
1st membrane=tympanic
-all other membranes disappear
Boundaries of Anterior Triangle
Anterior Midline of neck Inferior border of mandible Anterior border of SCM Apex is Jugular Notch Base=inferior border of mandible Roof=superficial fascia, platysma, skin
Submandibular Triangle (digastric)
BOUNDED by
Superiorly=inferior border of mandible
Laterally=posterior belly of digastric
Medially=anterior belly of digastric
FLOOR=mylohyoid and hyoglossal muscles
CONTENTS= submandibular gland, submandibular ganglion (parasymp), submandibular lymph nodes, CNXII (hypoglossal n), Facial a & v
Submental Triangle
BOUNDED by
Inferiorly-hyoid bone (base)
Laterally-anterior bellies of digastric
Floor- mylohyoid m, the two mylohyoid muscles join in the anterior midline of the neck by forming a raphae
CONTENTS=submental lymph nodes, beginning of anterior jugular veins
Carotid Triangle (most important)
BOUNDED by
Anteriorly-superior belly of omohyoid
Superiorly-posterior belly of digastric
Laterally-anterior border of SCM
CONTENTS= carotid sheath (base of neck-skull), tubular carotid sheath
Tubular Carotid Sheath
Vagus Nerve
Common Carotid and Internal Carotid Arteries
Internal Jugular Vein
-Once common carotid splits the internal carotid remains in sheath up to the skull
Muscular Triagle
BOUNDARIES
Anterior-anterior midline of neck
Laterally-superior belly of omohyoid m
Interiorly-anterior border of SCM
CONTENTS= Thyroid and parathyroid (C6) Infrahyoid muscles (strap)=sternothyroid, sternohyoid, thyrohyoid, omohyoid
Right Common Carotid
Branch of brachiocephalic trunk