Anterior Triangle of the Neck Flashcards
What are the muscles of the Anterior Triangle of the Neck?
Digastric, Mylohyoid, Hyoglossal, Sternothyroid, Omohyoid, Sternohyoid, Thyrohyoid, Stylohyoid, Geniohyoid
What is the origin of the Digastric muscle?
posterior belly: mastoid process
anterior belly: digastric fossa, internal mandible
What is the insertion of the Digastric muscle?
lateral aspect of body of hyoid
What is the nerve supply of the Digastric muscle?
posterior belly: CN VII
anterior bell: Mylohyoid nerve (s) mandibular nerve (m)
What is the blood supply of the Digastric muscle?
anterior belly: submental artery
posterior belly: occipital artery
What is the action of the Digastric muscle?
open mouth by depressing mandible, fixes hyoid bone
What is noteworthy about the Digastric muscle?
derivative of second pharyngeal arch
What is the origin of the Mylohyoid muscle?
inner surface of mandible
What is the insertion of the Mylohyoid muscle?
body of hyoid
What is the nerve supply of the Mylohyoid muscle?
sensory: mylohyoid nerve
motor: mandibular nerve (CN V)
What is the blood supply of the Mylohyoid muscle?
mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery
What is the action of the Mylohyoid muscle?
elevates hyoid bone, raises floor of mouth, depresses mandible when hyoid is fixed
What is noteworthy about the Mylohyoid muscle?
derivative of second pharyngeal arch
What is the origin of the Hyoglossal muscle?
upper border of the greater horn of they hyoid and body of the hyoid bone
What is the insertion of the Hyoglossal muscle?
spreads out into the intrinsic muscles of the tongue
What is the nerve supply of the Hyoglossal muscle?
CN XII (hypoglossal nerve)
What is the blood supply of the Hyoglossal muscle?
lingual artery
What is the action of the Hyoglossal muscle?
depresses the sides of the tongue, retracts the tongue
What is noteworthy about the Hyoglossal muscle?
extrinsic muscle of the tongue
What is the origin of the Sternothyroid muscle?
posterior manubrium
what is the insertion of the Sternothyroid muscle?
thyroid cartilage
What is the nerve supply of the Sternothyroid muscle?
C2 and C3 by a branch of ansa cervicalis