Chapter 6: Head and Neck Flashcards
What are the structures of the scalene triangle?
trunks of the brachial plexus and the subclavian artery
Are the phrenic nerve and subclavian vein within the scalene triangle?
no
Label the structure around the scalene triangle of the neck
Refer to diagram
Label the structures of the arteries of the head and neck
What is the most significant artery of the external carotid system?
middle meningeal artery
What do lacerations of the middle meningeal artery lead to?
epidural hematoma
What embryological layer makes up the pharyngeal arches?
mesoderm and neural crest
What embyrological layer makes up the pharyngeal pouches?
endoderm
What embryological layer makes up the pharyngeal grooves or clefts?
ectoderm
What is the nerve that supplies the 1st pharyngeal arch?
trigeminal:
V3: mandibular nerve
V2: maxillary nerve
What are the structures that arise from mesoderm of the 1st pharyngeal arch?
Four muscles of mastication:
- masseter
- temporalis
- lateral pterygoid
- medial pterygoid
Plus:
- digastric (anterior belly)
- mylohyoid
- tensor tympani
- tensor veli palatini
What structures (in general) arise from neural crest cells in the arches?
skeletal structures and cartilage
What are the structures of the 1 pharyngeal arch formed from neural crest cells?
- maxilla
- mandible
- incus
- malleus
Meckel’s Cartilge: sphenomandibular ligament
What cranial nerves supplies the 2nd pharyngeal arch?
CN VII (facial nerve)
What are the structures derived from mesoderm that arise from the 2nd pharyngeal arch?
Muscles of facial expression:
Plus:
- digastric (posterior belly)
- stylohyoid
- stapedius
- platysma
What are the neural crest cell derivatives that arise from the 2nd pharyngeal arch?
- stapes
- styloid process
- lesser horn and upper body of hyoid bone
What is the CN that supplies the 3rd pharyngeal arch?
CN IX (glossopharyngeal)
What is are the structures that develop from aortic arch mesoderm in the 3rd pharyngeal arch?
right and left common carotid artries
right and left internal carotid arteries
What are the structures that the mesoderm of the 3rd pharyngeal arch create?
stylopharyngeus muscle
What are the structures that the neural crest cells of the 3rd pharyngeal arch create?
greater horn and lower body of hyoid bone
What are the nerves that supply the 4th pharyngeal arch?
- superior laryngeal nerve
- pharyngeal branches
What does the aortic arch mesentery of the 4th pharyngeal arch give rise to?
- rt subclavian artery (right arch)
- arch of aorta (left arch)
What does the mesoderm of the 4th pharyngeal arch give rise to?
cricothyroid muscle
soft palate
pharynx (5 muscles)
What does the neural crest cells of the 4th pharyngeal arch give rise to?
thyroid cartilage
What are the aortic arch derivatives of the 6th pharyngeal arch?
- right and left pulmonary arteries
- ductus arteriosus (left arch)
What is the nerve that supplies the 6th pharyngeal arch?
X
recurrent laryngeal nerve