Head and Neck Anatomy Flashcards
What are the different areas of the neck?
Deep cervical fascia (surrounds neck) Prevertebral fascia (muscle compartment) Pretracheal fascia (visceral compartment) Carotid sheath (neurovascular compartment)
How many bones does the cranium have?
8
How many bones does the facial skeleton have?
14
What are the bones of the skull?
Frontal Parietal Sphenoid Temporal Ethmoid Mandible Maxilla Zygomatic
Layers of the scalp
Skin Cutaneous tissue Aponeurosis Loose connective tissue Periosteum of the cranium/pericranium
What is the function of the loose connective tissue of the scalp?
Allows the scalp to move slightly
Why do bleeding injuries from the scalp bleed profusely?
The blood vessels go through the connective tissue
The aponeurosis does not let them contract
What are emissary veins and what is the clinical significance?
Valve less veins that transverse dipole
They can spread infection intracranially
Function of emissary veins
They transverse the skull and connect the superficial layers of the scalp with the venous sinuses that are inside the cranium
These are collections of blood draining the cranium
What is the dipole?
Spongey flat bone in the midddle
What occurs in the dipole?
Red blood cell production
Where does storage of the RBCs occur?
Yellow marrow
What are the triangles of the neck?
Anterior triangle
Posterior triangle
What do triangles of the neck contain?
Arteries
Veins
Muscles
Nerves
What two muscles divide the triangles of the neck?
Sternocleidomastoid
Trapezius
What is found in the carotid sheath?
Carotid arteries
Internal jugular vein
CN X / Vagus nerve
What does the right common carotid artery (CCA) arise from?
The brachiocephalic artery
What does the left common carotid artery arise from?
Arch of the aorta
What does the common carotid artery rise up in the neck and divide into?
External carotid artery (ECA)
Internal carotid artery (ICA)
What does ECA supply?
Neck
Face
Scalp
What does the ICA supply?
Brain
What are the two jugular veins of the head and neck?
Internal jugular veins (IJVs)
External jugular veins (EJVs)
Where is the orbicularis oculi?
Around the eye
Where is the orbicularis oris found?
Around the mouth
Function of orbicularis oris
Helps with
- closing mouth
- pursing lips
Where is the occipitofrontalis found?
Where the eyebrows are
What is the occipitofrontalis connected to?
Aponeurosis in 3rd level of scalp all the way over to the back and the occipital part of the skull
Function of buccinator
Gives shape to your cheeks
At what time would you use the buccinator?
When blowing into a balloon