Lecture4: Anterior Triangle Of The Neck Flashcards
Where does the Platysma muscle get its innervation?
Facial nerve
Which muscle divides both triangles of the neck?
Sternocleidomastoid
What outlines the submental traingle (smallest one)?
Digastric muscle, hyoid bone
What outlines the muscular triangle?
Omohyoid muscle, sternocleidomastoid, and hyoid bone
What outlines the carotid triangle?
Sternocleidomastoid muscle, digastric muscle, and omohyoid muscle
What outlines the submandibular triangle?
Digastric muscle
Which muscle opens the mouth?
Digastric muscle
What is the innervation of the Digastric muscle?
Facial nerve
What is the origin of the stylohyoid bone?
Styloid process
What is the function of the stylohyoid muscle?
Pulls the hyoid bone upwards
Where are infrahyoid muscles located?
In the muscular triangle
What are all infrahyoid muscles supplied by?
Ansa Cervicalis
What muscles are sometimes referred to as the strap muscles?
Infrahyoid
Where are the suprahyoid muscles located?
Submental and submandibular triangles
What are the contents of the submental triangle?
Submental lymph nodes and vessels