Head and neck neurovasculature Flashcards
Trachea blood supply
Cervical and thoracic
Cervical: Inferior thyroid artery
Thoracic: Superior, middle and inferior bronchial arteries
Trachea venous drainage
Inferior thyroid venous plexus
Trachea innervation
Parasympathetic and sumpathetic
Parasympathetic: Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Sympathetic: Sympathetic trunks
Tongue motor innervation
Hypoglossal
Palatoglossus muscle: Vagus nerve
Tongue sensory and parasympathetic innervation
Special and general
Anterior 2/3: Lingual (general) Chorda timpani (Special)
Posterior 1/3: Glossopharyngeal
Tongue arterial supply
Lingual artery and branches (Dorsal, deep and sublingual)
Tongue venous drainage
Dorsal, deep and sublingual veins to Internal jugular vein
What veins form the external jugular vein
The posterior auricular vein (Sup and post scalp)
The retromandibular vein (Maxillary and superior temporal)
Drain the face
What drains into the internal jugular vein
Facial, occipital, lingual, superior and middle thyroid veins
Drain anterior face, trachea, thyroid, esophagus, larynx and muscles of the neck
Esophagus blood supply
Cervical and thoracic
Cervical= Inferior thyroid artery Thoracic= Bronchial arteries
Esophagus venous drainage
Azygos system- left gastric vein, branches from portal vein
Esophageal innervations
Parasympathetic and sympathetic
Parasympathetic- Vagus nerve
Sympathetic- Thoracic and cervical chain nerves
Thyroid blood supply
Superior thyroid artery
Inferior thyroid artery
Thyroid venous drainage
Superior, middle and inferior thyroid veins
Drain into superior vena cava
Thyroid innervations
Parasymp and symp
Parasympathetic- recurrent laryngeal
Sympathetic- cervical sympathetic ganglia