Head & Neck Vessels Flashcards
The caudal thyroid artery runs with the ______ nerve.
recurrent laryngeal n.
Label the diagram 1-3
- cranial thyroid a.
- caudal thyroid a.
- common carotid a.
What supplies brain in the cranial cavity?
internal carotid a.
Which artery is mostly for areas superficial to the cranial cavity?
external jugular a.
What does the lingual artery supply?
tongue
What structure do you use to demarcate the facial artery?
angular process of the mandible - facial notch
Where does the maxillary a. end?
at the infraorbital canal
What artery branches off just before the entrance of the alar canal?
inferior alveolar a.
What does the external ophthalmic supply?
orbital structures
What is the main supply to the auricle?
caudal auricular a. (because ears are large)
Mental foramen supply the _______
chin
T/F: The facial artery only runs laterally.
FALSE - it also runs medially, but in our dissections, we can’t see it
What artery are you dealing with in an enucleation? Which vessel do you have to be very mindful of? What gland?
external ophthalmic artery
maxillary artery
zygomatic salivary gland
Label 1-4
- maxillary a.
- periorbit
- zygomatic salivary gland
- maxillary nerve
What is the very last branch of the inferior alveolar artery from the maxillary artery?
mental a.
Label 1-4
- infraorbital a.
- external ophthalmic a.
- maxillary a.
- inferior alveolar a.
What is this? What does the body contain?
carotid sinus
cluster of chemoreceptors (body is that disc-shaped structure)
List 1-5
- cerebral arterial circle
- basilar a. & internal carotid a. (form the circle)
- basilar a.
- internal carotid a.
- vertebral a.
Label 1-7
- angularis oculi v.
- facial v.
- deep facial v.
- lingual v.
- linguofacial v.
- external jugular v.
- maxillary v.
Label 1-4
- angularis oculi v.
- linguofacial v.
- lingual v.
- facial v.
What is the cavernous sinus?
double layer of tissue to form sinus
dura mater sinus
List 1-3
- parotid lymph center
- mandibular lymph center
- medial retropharyngeal lymph center
