HEAD AND NECK: NECK TRIANGLES & FASCIA

Question 1

neck lies between

Answer 1

lower margin of mandible & suprasternal notch and upper margin of clavicle

Question 2

neck is strengthened by what bones

Answer 2

cervical vertebrae

Question 3

what group of muscles are found in front and behind the vertebrae in neck

Answer 3

front - small flexor group muscles
behind - extensor muscles

Question 4

bones of neck

Answer 4

base of skull
7 cervical vertebrae

Question 5

major parts of the skull base relating to upper neck

Answer 5

foramen magnum
occipital condyle
occipital protuberance
mastoid process

Question 6

vertebrae provide passage to what structure

Answer 6

vertebral arteries

Question 7

unique feature of C1

Answer 7

no body and spinous process

Question 8

attachments of atlas

Answer 8

occipital condyle of skull
superior articular process of axis

Question 9

unique feature of atlas

Answer 9

dens or odontoid process

Question 10

where does dens articulate

Answer 10

inner aspect of anterior arch of atlas posterior to anterior tubercle

Question 11

cervical vertebra with no foramen for vertebral artery

Answer 11

c7

Question 12

unique feature of c7

Answer 12

long spinous process

Question 13

structure not buried under ligamentum nuchae and can be palpated

Answer 13

vertebra prominens

Question 14

quadrilateral area of neck divided into 2 triangles by

Answer 14

sternocleidomastoid muscle