Head, Face, Neck, Including Regional Lymphatic System Flashcards
Sutures
Cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints
Anterior triangle
Lies in front between sternamastoid and midline of the body
Posterior triangle
Behind sternamatoid muscle, back of the neck
Highest structure in the neck is the
Hyoid bone
Preauricular
In front of the ear
Posterior auricular
Superficial to mastoid process
-behind the ear
Occipital
At base of skull
Submental
Midline, behind the tip of mandible
-under chin
Submandibular
Halfway between the angle and the top of mandible
-jaw line
Tonsillar
Under the angle of the mandible
-down from earlobe
Superficial cervical
Overlying the sternomastoid muscle (runs down back of ear to collarbone)
Deep cervical
Deep under the sternomastoid
-chain running from jaw line point down to collarbone slightly diagonal
Posterior cervical
In the posterior triangle along the edge of trapezius muscle
-midline of collarbone then up
Supraclavicualr
Just above and behind the clavicle at sternomastoid muscle
-above collarbone
Coronal suture
Crowns the head from ear to ear at union of frontal and parietal bones