Dissection Notecards Flashcards
The external jugular vein is formed by the joining of the
Posterior division of the retromandibular vein and the posterior auricular vein
What vein passes deep to the SCM muscle to join the external jugular vein in the root of the neck
Anterior jugular vein
Boundaries of the posterior triangle of the neck
Anterior- posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Posterior- anterior brother of the trapezius
Inferior- middle 1/3 of the clavicle
Superior roof- deep cervical fascia
Deep- muscles of the neck
The platysma muscle is innervated by
The cervical branch of the facial nerve
The external jugular vein drains into the
Subclavian vein
Nerves of the posterior triangle of the neck
Great auricular nerve- skin to the lower part of the ear to the angle of the mandible to the mastoid process
Lesser occipital nerve- scalp immediately behind the ear
Transverse cervical nerve- skin of anterior triangle of neck
Supraclavicular nerve- pass inferiorly to innervate the skin of the shoulder
Accessory nerve- innervates the SCM and the trapezius. Branches of spinal nerves C3-C4 join the accessory nerve in the posterior cervical triangle and these branches provide proprioceptive sensory innervation
Diaphragmatic pain referred to the shoulder
The supraclavicular nerves and the phrenic nerve (supplying the diaphragm) share a common origin from spinal cord segments C3 and C4. Irritation of the diaphragmatic parental pleura or parietal peritoneum covering the diaphragm (from an enlarged gall bladder) produces pain that is carried by the phrenic nerve and referred to the area supplied by the supraclavicular nerves (shoulder)
What is contained within the carotid sheath
Common carotid artery (internal carotid at more superior levels), internal jugular vein, and vagus nerve
The anterior triangle is subdivided by what muscles
Dig Astrid and omohyoid muscles
Contents of the muscular triangle
Boundaries
Infrahyoid muscle, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands
Superior belly of the omohyoid
Anterior border of the SCM
Median plane of the neck
Sternohyoid muscle function
Depresses the hyoid bone
Omohyoid bellies attachments and function
Superior belly is attached to the hyoid bone and the inferior belly is attached to the superior border of the scapula near the suprascapular notch
Depresses the hyoid bone
Sternothyroid muscle- superior attachment and function
Oblique line of the thyroid cartilage
Depresses the larynx
Thyrohyoid muscle inferior attachment and function
Oblique line of the thyroid cartilage
Elevates the larynx
The ansa cervicalis innervates 3 out of the 4 infrahyoid muscles
Sternohyoid, omohyoid, sternothyroid.
Contents of the submandibular triangle and borders
Submandibular gland, facial artery, facial vein, stylohyoid muscle, part of the hypoglossal nerve and lymph nodes
Digastric muscle bellies- anterior and posterior
Inferior border of the mandible
Deep/floor- mylohyoid muscle and hypoglossus muscle
A portion of the submandibular gland extends deep to the posterior surface of what
The mylohyoid muscle
Artery and vein associated with the submandibular gland
The facial vein passes superficial the the gland and the facial artery courses deep to the gland
Digastric muscle- attachment, innervation, and function
The anterior belly is innervated by the mylohyoid nerve, a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.
The posterior belly is innervated by the facial nerve and attaches to the mastoid process
The two bellies attach to each other by the intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle. The tendon is attached to the body and the greater horn of the hyoid bone by a fibrous sling.
Elevates the hyoid bone and depresses the mandible
What straddles the intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle
The stylohyoid muscle tendon- attaches to the body of the hyoid by doing so
The stylohyoid muscle is innervated by and function
Facial nerve
Elevates the hyoid bone
Submental triangle boundaries
Unpaired triangle that crosses the midline- only has lymph nodes in it
Anterior bellies of the left and right digastric muscles
Inferior hyoid bone
Floor- mylohyoid muscle
The mylohyoid muscle attachment
Mylohyoid line of the mandible and hyoid bone and the mylohyoid raphe
Supports the floor of the oral cavity
Contents of the carotid triangle
Boundaries
Common, internal and external carotid arteries, part of the hypoglossal nerve, and branches of the vagus nerve
Superior belly of the omohyoid, anterior border of the SCM, posterior belly of the digastric muscle
The hypoglossal nerve carries axons of
Spinal nerve C1 that branch off as the nerve to the thyrohyoid muscle
The superior root of the ansa cervicalis travels with
The hypoglossal nerve.
Composed mainly of C1 fibers
The inferior root of the ansa cervicalis (C2, C3) passes around the carotid sheath to join the superior root to form a loop