Dissection 10 Flashcards
Scalp Layers
Skin Dense subCutaneous tissue Galea Aponeurotica Loose connective tissue Pericranium
Scalp Proper
Skin
Dense subcutaneous tissue
Galea aponeurotica
Placodes
Thickenings of the surface ectoderm caused by neural tube contact; form nerves of special senses
Optic vesicle
Expansion of the forebrain
Lens Placode
Forms the lens of the eye
Nasal Placode
Forms olfactory nerves
Otic Placode
Forms auditory nerves
Paraxial Mesoderm
Mesoderm in head organized into somites
Preotic Somites
Form the extraocular muscles
Postotic Somites
Form muscles of the tongue
What do neural crest cells form in the head?
Sensory ganglia and 4 parasympathetic ganglia
Skeletal elements like mandible and middle ear osicles
Smooth muscle associated with thymus, heart, parathyroid, thyroid
What nerve provides sensory innervation of the face?
Cranial Nerve V
Main sensory nerves of the face
- Supraorbital Nerve
- Infraorbital Nerve
- Mental Nerve
Main facial expression muscles
- Orbicularis Oculi (closes eye)
- Orbicularis Oris (closes lips)
- Occipital Frontalis (raises eyebrows)
- Platysma (tightens neck)
- Buccinatory (compresses cheeks)
What innervates the muscles of facial expression?
Cranial Nerve VII
What are the main facial expression nerves?
- Temporal- Frontalis
- Zygomatic- Orbicularis oculi
- Buccal- Buccinator and Orbicularis oris
- Marginal Mandibular- Orbicularis oris
- Cervical- Platysma
Where does the facial nerve exit the skull?
Stylomastoid Foramen
What is the parotid gland innervated by?
Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal)
Bell’s Palsy
Facial nerve paralysis
Main vessels of the face
Facial Artery
Facial Vein
External Carotid Artery
Superficial Temporal Artery
Two main triangles of the neck
Anterior Cervical Triangle
Posterior Cervical Triangle
What is located in the anterior cervical triangle?
Common carotid artery
internal jugular vein
What is located in the posterior cervical triangle?
CN XI
Cutaneous branches of cervical plexus
Fascial layers of the neck
Cervical investing fascia Prevertebral Fascia Carotid Sheaths Pretrachial fascia Buccopharyngeal fascia
Retropharyngeal Space
Continuous with posterior mediastinum. Susceptible to infections.
Superficial veins of the neck
External jugular vein
Anterior jugular vein
Superficial to investing facia
Cervical Lymph Nodes
Jugulodigastric
Supraclavicular
Sternocleidomastoid
Innervated by CN XI
Flexes neck
Rotates head
Spinal Accesory Nerve (CN XI)
Branchiomotor only
C1-C5/6
Sensory fibers from cervical spinal nerves
Torticollis
Shortened sternocleidomastoid
Head tilted to bad side
Abnormal muscle tone
Hyoid Muscles
Swallowing and speaking
Supra and infrahyoid
Suprahyoid Muscles
Mylohyoid (CN V3) Digastric (Anterior, V3; Posterior, VII) Stylohyoid (CN VII) Geniohyoid (C1) Elevate hyoid and depress mandible
What fibers does the cervical plexus have?
Sensory and Sympathetic
What dermatomes does the cervical plexus innervate?
C2, C3, C4
What muscles does the cervical plexus innervate?
Geniohyoid
Infrahyoid
Ansa Cervicalis Nerve
Motor portion of cervical plexus to C1-3
Infrahyoid muscles
Scalene Muscles
Anterior, Middle, and Posterior
Lateral Neck
What does the first pharyngeal cleft form?
External auditory meatus
External lining of the eardrum
What lines the internal surface of the branchial arches?
Endoderm
What does the thyroid gland form from?
Pouch tissue from a branchial pouch