Neck Flashcards
Contents of vertebral compartment
cervical vertebrae, postural muscles
Contents of visceral compartment
Thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, trachea, esophagus
Contents of vascular compartments
major blood vessels and vagus nerve
3 subsites of larynx
supraglottic, glottic, subglottic
contents of supraglottic larynx
epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds, arytenoids, false cords
contents of glottic larynx
true vocal cords
fascia surrounding visceral compartment of neck
Pretracheal layer
fascia surrounding neck
investing layer
fascia surrounding VAN in neck
carotid sheath
fascia surrounding vertebral layer
prevertebral layer
4 infrahyoid muscles, lateral to medial and deep
Omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid
5 suprahyoid muscles, lateral to medial
posterior digastric, stylohyoid, hyoglossus, mylohyoid, anterior digastric
Anterior digastric innervation
V3
Posterior digastric innervation
facial nerve
Geniohyoid innervation
XII and C1