Head & Neck Flashcards
What supplies the extensor muscles of the neck
Posterior rami of cervical nerves
What spinal level is the hard palate at
C1
Where does the pharynx start
C6
What nerves supply the prevertebral flexor musculature of the neck
Anterior rami
What level is the hyoid bone
C3
What is within and behind carotid sheath
CCA, ICA
IJV
Vagus
Cervical symp trunk is BEHIND
Most superficial structures in the neck
Platysma
Ext jugular V
Ant jugular V
Where is the platysma in terms of layers of the neck
Superficial to investing layer of deep cervical fascia
What vessels does platysma cover
all, but superficial vessels include EJV and ant jugular V
What nerve supplies platysma
Cervical branch of facial N
Tributaries of EJV
A continuation of retromandibular vein, and formed with posterior auricular V
Posterior external jugular
Suprascapular Vs
Transverse cervical V
Where does EJV terminate
Into subclavian V with ant jugular V just lateral to IJV
Tributaries of IJV
Inferior petrosal sinus
Pharyngeal plexus
Facial V
Lingual V
Superior and middle thyroid V
4 parts of the deep cervical fascia
- Investing layer
- Pre-tracheal layer
- Pre-vertebral
- Carotid sheath
What does the investing layer of fascia split to include
SCM
Trap
Parotid gland
Omohyoid
Suprasternal space contains
Lower ant jugular V
Sternal head of SCM
+/- LB
Where does the pretracheal fascia lie
Deep to infrahyoid (omohyoid, sternothyroid, sternohyoid) muscles
What does the pretracheal split to enclose
Thyroid gland
What is the thyroid gland adherent to
2,3,4 tracheal rings via isthmus
What does the pretracheal fascia fuse with
Carotid sheath
What vessels lie anterior the pre-vertebral fascia
Subclavian V
Axillary V
What lies deep to prevertebral fascia
Cervical plexus
Trunks of brachial plexus
What 4 cutaneous nerves pierce the prevertebral fascia
Greater auricular
Lesser occipital
Transverse cervical
Supraclavicular
Where does the carotid sheath attach
Margins of carotid and jugular fossa
What is the space anterior to the prevertebral fascia called
Para/retropharyngeal space
Connects base of skull to diaphragm
Boundaries of submandibular space
Mylohyoid, hyoid bone & mandible
Splenius capitis insert and origin
Lig nuchae, spinous process C7, T1-4
Mastoid process & occipital bones of skull
Nerve supply splenius capitis
Dorsal rami of middle cervical spial nerves
Splenius cervicis origin and insert
Spinous process T3-6
Transverse process C2-4
Nerve supply of splenius cervicis
Dorsal rami of lower cervical spinal nerves
Origin & insert levator scapulae
Transverse process of atlas & axis + post tubercles of C3/4
Insert: medial border of scapula from sup angle to spine
Nerve supply of levator scapulae
C3/4 reinforced by dorsal scapulae
Action of levator scapulae
Elevate scapula and laterally flex neck
What separates anterior and middle scalene muscles
Brachial plexus roots
Subclavian A
Nerve supply of the scalene muscles
Ventral rami of cervical spinal nerves
Origin & insert ant scalene
Transverse process C3-6
Insert 1st rib
Origin & Insert middle scalene
TP of C3-7
Insert 1st rib
Origin and insert post scalene
TP of C4-7
Insert 2nd rib
Trapezius origin & insert
Medial 1/3 of nuchal line + all 12 thoracic vertebra
Insert:
- lat 1/3rd of clavicle
- acromion, spine of scapula
Nerve supply of trapezius
Accessory nerve and branches of cervical plexus
Action of traps
Retract scapula, and rotate glenoid cavity
Posterior triangle of neck boundaries
Post border of SCM
Ant border of trapezius
Clavicle
Anterior triangle borders
Ant border of SCM
Lower border of mandible
Midline
SCM origin & insert
Sternal head - jugular notch
Clavicular head - medial 1/3rd of clavicle
Insert: mastoid process, to nuchal line
Crossed superficially (the SCM) by
Greater auricular nerve
EJV
Transverse cervical N
What nerve enters the SCM (and what A accompanies it)
Spinal accessory N
Branch of Occipital A
What encloses (fascia) the SCM
Investing layer of deep fascia
Nerve supply of SCM
Spinal accessory n
What is deep to the SCM
Upper = cervical plexus
Lower = carotid sheath, overlying scalenus ant
What forms the floor of posterior triangle
Splenis
Levator scapular
Scalenus medius
Contents of the posterior triangle
Arteries: occipital, transverse cervical, suprascapular, subclavian
Veins: transverse cervical, suprascapular, ext jugular
nerves: accessory, cervical plexus, brachial plexus trunks
Muscle; inf belly of omo-hyoid
What forms the cervical plexus
Anterior rami of C1-4
Each has grey communicans from sup cervical ganglion
Where does the cervical plexus lie
Deep to prevertebral facia, alongside brachial plexus on scalene medius
Muscular branches of cervical plexus
C1 - hypoglossal
C2+3 - inf root of ansa cervicalis
Phrenic N C3,4,5
Course of phrenic nerve in neck
Passes over obliquity of ant scalene, from lateral to medial border (beneath prevertebal fascia)
Passes behind subclavian V
Cutaneous branches of Cervical plexus
“GLTS”
Greater auricular N
Lesser occipital N
Transverse cervical N
Supraclavicular N
Which cervical root has NO cutaneous distribution
C1
The posterior rami of C2/3 are not apart of cervical plexus because
They are POSTERIOR, cervical plexus only supplied by anterior/ventral branches
Posterior rami of C2/3 branches
Greater occipital
third occipital nerves
Boundaries of carotid triangle
SCM
Posterior belly of digastrics
Sup border of omohyoid
Contents of carotid triangle
Bifurcation of CCA
Branches of ECA (except post auricular)
IJV, lingual, facial, sup thyroid V
Hypoglossal N, int + ext laryngeal N, superior root of ansa cervicalis, vagus nerve
Digastric triangle boundaries
Ant, post bellies of digastric
Mandible
Contents of digastric triangle
Submandibular gland and LN
Facial A
Submental and mylohyoid vessels
Hypoglossal and mylohyoid Ns
Submental triangle boundaries
Ant belly of digastric
Hyoid
Midline
Contents of submental triangle
Anterior jugular V
Lns
Suprahyoid muscles
“Dont say matts gay”
Digastric
Stylohyoid
Mylohyoid
Geniohyoid
Digastric muscle origin & insert
Ant belly - digastric fossa of mandible to hyoid
Post belly - digastric notch of mastoid to hyoid
Nerve supply of digastric
Ant - V3 (nerve to mylohyoid)
Post - facial
Stylohyoid muscle origin and insert
Styloid process to hyoid
Nerve supply of stylohyoid
Facial nerve
Mylohyoid origin and insert
Inner aspect of mandible => hyoid
Stylohyoid m nerve supply
Facial N
Mylohyoid n supply
V3 (n to mylohyoid)
Geniohyoid origin and insert
Genial tubercle of mandible to body of hyoid
Nerve supply of geniohyoid
Hypoglossal N
Infrahyoid muscles
Sternohyoid
Omohyoid
Thyrohyoid
Sternothyroid
What supplies sternohyoid
Ansa cervicalis
What supplies omohyoid
Ansa cervicalis
When does omohyoid become a flat tendon
When passing over IJV
What nerve supplies thyrohyoid
Hypoglossal but fibres hitchhiking from C1
What supplies sternothyroid
Ansa cervicalis
Actions of infrahyoid muscles
Depress larynx
Increase volume of resonating chambers during phonation
What does of production does the submandibular gland make
Mixed mucus and serous
What are the parts of the submandibular gland
Deep and superficial parts, continuous with one another around free posterior margin of mylohyoid
Blood supply to submandibular gland
Facial artery and vein
Nerve supply to submandibular gland
Lingual N (V3)
Submandibular duct opens into..
Floor of mouth, beside frenulum
Where does the thyroid gland lie
Infront of tracheal rings 2-4
How does the recurrent laryngeal nerve access the thryoid
The medial surface from below (travelling bw trachea and oesophagus)
Where does the ext laryngeal nerve lie in proximity to thyroid gland
On inferior constrictor behind sup thyroid A
Blood supply of thyroid gland
Superior thyroid (ECA)
Inferior thyroid (thyrocervical trunk)
Veins of the thyroid gland
Sup thyroid V => IJV/facial V
Middle thyroid => IJV
Inf thyroid => L brachiocephalic
Where does the parathyroid gland lie
Often 4 glands, embedded into trachea (note Sup PT glands from pharyngeal branch 4, and inferior from 3)
What runs in the groove b/w trachea and oesophagus
Recurrent laryngeal N
Where does trachea commence
C6
Where does oesophagus begin
C6
Where does the thoracic duct run in proximity to oesophagus
Runs behind lower part of L border
Where do the CCA arise
L = arch of aorta
R = brachiocephalic trunk
Where does the CCA lie
within medial part of carotid sheath
IJV lateral , vagus in between
Branches of the ECA
Some Anatomists like freaking out poor medical students
Sup thyroid
Asc pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Post auricular
Maxillary
Superficial temporal
Where does the CCA bifurcate
C4
Where does the ECA terminate
In parotid gland
Terminal branches of ECA
Superficial temporal
Maxillary
What does occipital A supply
Back of scalp
2 branches to SCM
Carotid sinus vs carotid body
Sinus - baroreceptor
Body - chemoreceptor (peripheral)
Where does the carotid sinus lie
At commencement of ICA
Where does the carotid body lie
Behind bifurcation of common carotid A
What are the branches of ICA In the neck
None
What are the divisions of subclavian A and what makes that division
Medial, posterior and lateral to anterior scalene
Branches of subclavian A
VIT C + D
Vertebral A
Internal thoracic A
Thyrocervical trunk
Costocervical trunk
Dorsal scapular A
What are the branches of the thyrocervical trunk
Transverse cervical
Ascending cervical A
Suprascapular A
Inferior thyroid A
What arteries of the subclavian A are MEDIAL to scalene anterior
Vertebral A
Internal thoracic A
Thyrocervical A
What branches of subclavian are posterior to scalene anterior
Costocervical trunk
- with a deep cervical & supreme intervostal
What is the origin of the supreme intercostal
Costocervical trunk
What branches of subclavian lie lateral to scalene anterior
Dorsal sapular A
Where does the IJV emerge
From post compartment of jugular fossa
Posterior relation s of IJV
Cervical plexus
Phrenic nerve
Where does the iJV lie in proximity to ICA
Lies LATERAL
Surface marking of IJV
B/w ear lobule and 2heads of SCM
Tributaries of iJV
Inf pertrosal sinus
Pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Superior and middle thyroid veins
Where does the hypoglossal nerve arise in neck
B/w ICA and iJV, deep to post belly of digastric
Function of prevertebral muscles in the neck
Weak flexors
Prevertebral muscles of the neck
Rectus capitis anterior
Rectus capitis lateralis
Longus capitis
Longus coli
Cervical sympathetic trunk ganglion
Superior
Middle
Inferior
Where is superior cervical ganglion
Infront of C2,3
Where is middle cervical ganglion
Infront of inferior thyroid A
Where is inferior cervical ganglion
Behind commencement of vertebral A, often fuses with 1st thoracic ganglion to form stellate ganglio
Where does the cervical part of sympathetic trunk run in the neck
Ascends from thorax, across neck of 1st rib medial to highest intercostal V
Runs medial to the vertebral A and lies infront of prevertebral fascia
Behind carotid sheath, medial to vagus nerve
Ends as superior cervical ganglia
What is the root of the neck
TV1, 1st thoracic rib/cartilage and manubrium
What is function of anterior scalene
Flex and rotate neck, 1st rib stabiliser
Most important as landmark
Nerve supply anterior scalene
Ant rami of C4-6
Anterior relations to ant scalene
Phrenic N
Ascending cervical A
Transverse cervical and suprascapular A (cross over phrenic)
Vagus nerve
Subclavian V
Medial relations to anterior scalene
1st part of subclavian (+ vertebral, internal thoracic, thyrocervical trunk with suprascapular, inf thyroid, asc cervical, transverse cervical A)
Posterior relations of ant scalene
Subclavian A (2nd part) + costocervical trunk
brachial plexus roots
Lateral relations of ant scalene
Trunks of brachial plexus
3rd part of subclavian + dorsal scapular A
Which pharyngeal arch do muscles of facial expression develop
2nd arch
What are the muscles of the eyelids
Orbicularis
Levator palpebrae superioris
Muscles of the nose
Transverse part of nasalis
Alar part of nasalis
Muscles of lips and cheeks
Orbicularis oris
Levator labii superioris alaeque
Levator labii superioris
Levator anguli oris
Zygomaticus minor and major
Risorius
Depressor anguli oris
Depressor labii infeiroris
Mentails
What nerve supplies muscles of fascial expression
CN7
Facial nerve emerges from skull
Stylomastoid foramen
Branches of CN7 prior to parotid gland
Post auricular N
Muscular branch
Post auricular N origin
CN7
Post auricular n supplies
Occipital belly of occipitofrontalis
Muscular branch of CN7 supplies
Digastric & stylohyoid
What are the branches of CN7 in parotid gland
Upper temporofacial & lower cervicofacial divisions into 5 main branches
Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Marginal mandibular
Cervical
Branches of facial nerve in parotid gland
Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Marginal mandibular
Cervical
Temporal branch of CN7 supplies..
Auricularis ant, superior and frontalis
Zygomatic branch of CN7 supplies….
Orbicularis oris
Buccal branch of CN7 supplies..
Buccinator
Where is the marginal mandibular branch of CN7 at danger of being damaged, and result of such
In danger with an incision made at or near the lower border of the mandible
Results in detectable paralysis of lower lip & mouth angle
Cervical branch CN7 supplies
Platysma
Divisions of trigeminal nerve
V1 - ophthalmic
V2 - maxillary
V3 - mandibular
Cutaneous branches of CNV1
Lacrimal
Supraorbital
Supratrochlear
Infratrochlear
External nasal nerve
Branches of V2
Infraorbital nerve
Zygomaticofacial
Zygomaticotemporal
V3 branches (cutaneous)
Auriculotemporal
Buccal
Mental
Blood supply to the face
Facial A
Transverse fascial A
Supraorbital & Supratrochlear (from Ophthalmic A)
Where does the facial A travel in head
Hooks upwards over inferior border of mandible at ant border of mandible, then takes a tortuous course towards angle of eye, lies on buccinator & gives off labial branches