Lateral Cervical Region Flashcards
Platysma origin
Skin over lower neck and upper lateral thorax
Platysma insertion
Mandible (inferior border) & skin over lower face and angle of the mouth
Platysma innervation
Cervical branch of facial n. (CN VII)
Platysma blood supply
Facial a.
Platysma actions
- Depresses and wrinkles skin of lower face & mouth
- Tenses skin of neck
- Aids forced depression of mandible
Sternocleidomastoid origin
- Sternal head: sternum (manubrium)
- Clavicular head: clavicle (medial 1/3)
Sternocleidomastoid insertion
- Temporal bone (mastoid process)
- Occipital bone (superior nuchal line)
Sternocleidomastoid innervation
- Motor: spinal accessory n. (CN XI)
- Pain & proprioception: cervical plexus C2& C3
Sternocleidomastoid blood supply
Occipital a.
Sternocleidomastoid actions
- Unilateral: tilts head to same side, rotates to opposite
- Bilateral: extends head, aids in respiration when head is fixed
Trapezius (descending) origin
- Occipital bone
- Spinous process C1-C7
Trapezius (descending) insertion
Clavicle (lateral 1/3)
Trapezius (descending) innervation
- Motor: spinal accessory n. (CN XI)
- Pain & proprioception: Cervical plexus C2 & C3
Trapezius (descending) blood supply
Transverse cervical a.
Trapezius (descending) actions
- Draws scapula obliquely upward
- Rotates glenoid cavity superiorly
Nerves that make up Erb’s point
- Great auricular n.
- Lesser occipital n.
- Transverse cervical n.
- Supraclavicular n.
Triangles within Anterior Cervical Region
- Submandibular (digastric) triangle
- Submental triangle
- Muscular triangle
- Carotid triangle
Contents of Submandibular (digastric) triangle
- Submandibular gland & lymph nodes
- hypoglossal n. (CN XII)
- Facial a. & v.
Contents of Submental triangle
Submental lymph nodes
Contents of Muscular triangle
- Sternothyroid m.
- Sternohyoid m.
- Thyroid & parathyroid glands
Contents of Carotid triangle
- Carotid bifurcation
- Carotid body
- hypoglossal n. (CN XII)
- vagus n. (CN X)
Contents of Sternocleidomastoid region
- Sternocleidomastoid m.
- Carotid a., Internal jugular v., vagus n (CN X)
- Jugular lymph nodes