Gross 21 Anterior Cervical triangle Flashcards
Anterior Cervical triangle boundaries
Anterior: median line of neck
Posterior: SCM
Superior: inferior border of mandible
Platysma is innervated by
Facial nerve
Veins of anterior triangle (5)
Facial Retromandibular Anterior jugular Communicating Internal Jugular
Facial vein drains to
IJV
Retromandibular joins with and drains to
Posterior branch
Anterior branch
Posterior: Posterior auricular to EJV
Anterior: Facial to IJV
Anterior Jugular drains to
EJV
Communicating branch connects and drains to
Facial to AJV
Internal jugular vein drains
brain
Anterior face
cervical viscera
Transverse Cervical nerve
Vertebral level
Supplies
C2-C3
Supplies skin of anterior cervical triangle
Right common carotid begins at
Left common carotid begins at
bifurcation of brachiocephalic trunk
Aortic arch
External carotid supplies
external head and neck
Internal carotid supplies
Anterior brain
Middle brain
Vertebral artery supplies
Posterior brain
Thyrocervical trunk supplies
lower neck
Subdivisions of anterior triangle (4)
Carotid
Submandibular
Submental
Muscular
Muscles of anterior trangle
Suprahyoid: Digastric Mylohyoid Stylohyoid Geniohyoid Infrahyoid: Sternohyoid Sternothyroid Thyrohyoid Omohyoid SCM
Submandibular triangle borders
Superior: Inferior border of mandible
Ant/inf: Anterior belly digastric
Post/inf: posterior belly digastric
Submandibular Triangle contents (5 main points))
Structures
Vasculature
Nerves
Submandibular salivary glands and lymph nodes Facial artery, vein CNXII CNVII mandibular branch CNV3 mylohyoid branch
Submental triangle borders
Left lateral: L anterior belly digastric
Right lateral: R anterior belly digastric
Inferior: Hyoid bone
Submentla triangle contents (3)
Mylohyoid m
Submental lymph nodes
small vessels
Muscular triangle borders
Anterior: median line of neck
Post/sup: Superior belly omohyoid
Post/inf: SCM
Muscular triangle contents (4 main)
Sternohyoid
Sternothyroid
Thyrohyoid
Visceral structures of neck
Carotid triangle borders
Ant/supr: Posterior belly digastric
Ant/infr: Superior belly omohyoid
Posterior: SCM
Carotid triangle nerves
Laryngeal (CNX branches) CNX CNXI CNXII Ansa cervicalis (C1-3)