Anterior Triangle of the Neck Picture Cards Flashcards
What do these drain? What do they drain into?
Superficial drainage, drain into the subclavian vein.
- External jugular vein
- Anterior jugular veins
- Jugular venous arch
- Platysma muscle
Name these triangles and the vein. What is found within #2?
- Submental triangle
- Muscular triangles - infrahyoid muscles and anterior jugular veins are contained in here.
- Jugular venous arch
- Mylohyoid muscle
- Anterior belly of digastric
- Posterior belly of digastric
- Stylohyoid
- Hyoid bone
- Thyrohyoid
- Sternothyroid
- Sternohyoid
- Omohyoid (superior, inferior bellies)
Name the muscles and their innervation. Also, which other muscle attaches to #6? What is the combined action of 1 and 2? Which remaining suprahyoid muscle is not shown and what is its innervation?
Supplied by nerve to mylohyoid (branch of inferior alveolar nerve from CN V3 trigeminal):
- Anterior belly of digastric
- Mylohyoid
These push the tongue towards the roof of the mouth.
Supplied by branches of the facial nerve (CN VII):
- Stylohyoid
- Posterior belly of digastric
Other structures:
- Intermediate tendon and fascial sling for the digastric m.
- Mastoid process - SCM attaches here, too.
Other suprahyoid muscle is the geniohyoid, innervated by C1 via hypoglossal.
Also name the actions of 5, 6, and 8
- Groove for nerve to mylohyoid
- Mandibular foramen
- Mylohyoid line
- Raphe
- Mylohyoid muscle - elevates hyoid, depresses mandible, elevates floor of mouth.
- Anterior belly of digastric muscle - elevates hyoid, depresses mandible
- Submandibular gland
- Geniohyoid muscles - pulls hyoid anterosuperiorly
Name the stuff. Which triangle contains these things?
Submandibular triangle
- Great auricular nerve
- Accessory nerve
- Retromandibular vein
- Submandibular gland
- Digastric, anterior belly
- Facial artery
- Submandibular lymph nodes
- Facial artery
- Mylohyoid muscle
- Mylohyoid nerve
- Mylohyoid artery
- Hypoglossal nerve
- Facial artery and submental branch
- C1 via hypoglossal
For 1 and 3, name the holes that they go through.
- Inferior alveolar nerve (from CN V3 trigeminal) - goes through the mandibular foramen to give sensation to the teeth.
- Nerve to mylohyoid (note that it is a branch of the inferior alveolar); also innervatets anterior digastric belly.
- Facial nerve (CN VII) - emerges from the stylomastoid foramen.
- Facial nerve
- Branches of facial nerve
- Digastric (posterior belly)
- Spinal accessory nerve
- Occipital artery
- Vagus nerve
- Internal jugular vein
- Internal carotid artery
- Hypoglossal nerve
- Glossopharyngeal nerve
- Stylohyoid muscle
- Styloid process
- Sternohyoid
- Omohyoid (superior belly)
- Omohyoid (inferior belly)
- Sternothyroid
- Thyrohyoid
- CN XII
- C1
- C2
- C3
- Omohyoid inferior belly
- Sternothyroid
- Omohyoid superior belly
- Sternohyoid
- Thyrohyoid
- Geniohyoid
- C1 root - piggyback on hypoglossal
- Hypoglossal nerve
- C1 branch via hypoglossal
- Ansa cervicalis
- Common carotid artery
- Vagus nerve
- Submandibular gland
- Hypoglossal nerve
- C1 via hypoglossal
- Mylohyoid muscle
- Omohyoid
- Sternohyoid
- Hyoid bone
- Geniohyoid
- Lingual nerve
- Omohyoid superior belly
- Sternohyoid
- SCM
- External carotid artery
- Common carotid artery
- Vertebral artery
- Deep cervical artery
- Costocervical artery
- Supreme intercostal artery
- Ascending cervical artery
- Inferior thyroid artery
- Transverse cervical artery
- Thyrocervical trunk
- Suprascapular artery
- Internal thoracic artery
Also name which structure is at risk during thyroid removal.
- Phrenic nerve
- Anterior scalene muscle
- Transverse cervical artery
- Suprascapular artery
- Right subclavian vein
- Thyrocervical trunk
- Right recurrent laryngeal nerve - at risk during thyroid removal
- Right vagus nerve
- Inferior thyroid artery