Neck Flashcards
Describe the surface anatomy assessment in physical exam
- observation and palpation
- normal v. abnormal
What is the most prominent spinous process at the base of the neck?
- C7
What is the keystone of the neck?
- hyoid
Describe how to palpate the hyoid?
- superior to the laryngeal prominence
What is the Adams Apple?
- laryngeal prominence
What are the landmarks on the hyoid?
- lesser cornu
- body
- greater cornu
Describe the functional role of cervical fascia
- vertical fascial compartments of neck
- “contain” infection, abscess, pathology
Where is the superfiscial cervical fascia?
- anterolateral cervical subcutaneous tissue
What is contained in the superficial cervical fascia?
- platysma
What are the deep cervical fascia layers?
- investing
- pretracheal
- prevertebral
- carotid sheath
- retropharyngeal space
Which layer of deep cervical fascia is indicated by the RED?
- investing
What is contained in the investing layer?
- SCM
- upper trap
What are the two portions of the pretracheal layer?
- muscular
- visceral
Which layer is indicated by the PURPLE?
- pretracheal - muscular portion
Which layer is indicated by the BLUE?
- pretracheal - visceral portion
What is contained in the muscular portion of the pretracheal layer?
- infrahyoid muscles
- suprahyoid muscles
What is contained in the visceral portion of the pretracheal layer?
- larynx
- trachea
- parhynx
What is indicated by the ORANGE?
- prevertebral layer
What is contained in the prevertebral layer?
- scalenes
- other prevertebral muscles
What is indicated by BROWN?
- carotid sheath
What is contained by the carotid sheath?
- common carotid a. (CCA)
- internal carotid a. (ICA)
- internal jugular v. (IJV)
- CN 10 (vagus n.)
What is the space between the prevertebral fascia and the visceral portion of the pretracheal fascia?
- retropharyngeal space
What is the clinical reasoning of the retropharyngeal space?
- allows for expansion of esophagus when swallowing
- trauma
- infection
What is indicated by GREEN?
- buccopharyngeal fascia
What are the two parts of the thyroid gland?
- R and L lobe
- isthmus
What is the function of the thyroid gland?
- growth and metabolism of human cells
- calcium homeostasis via calcitonin
Where is the thyroid in relationship to other neck muscles?
- deep to infrahyoid m.
Where are the parathyroid glands located?
- two on each lobe, one superior and one inferior
What is the function of the parathyroid gland?
- calcium/phosphate regulation
What are the muscles of the pharynx?
- constrictor pharyngeal (superior, middle, inferior)
- platopharyngeal
What are the regions of the pharynx?
- nasopharynx
- oropharynx
- laryngopharynx
Where is the nasopharynx?
- superior to the soft palate
Where is the oropharynx?
- soft palate to epiglottis
Where is the laryngopharynx?
- epiglottis to cricoid cartilage
What are the regions of the esophagus?
- first third
- middle third
- bottom third
What is the muscle type of the 1st third of the esophagus?
- voluntary, striated
What is the muscle type of the middle third of the esophagus?
- mixed between striated and smooth
What is the muscle type of the bottom third of the esophagus?
- involuntary, smooth
What are the borders of the 1st third of the esophagus?
- oropharynx to superior thoracic cavity
What are the borders of the middle third of the esophagus?
- superior thoracic cavity to diaphram
What are the borders of the bottom esophagus?
- diaphram to stomach
What are the structures in the endocrine viscera?
- tyroid
- parathyroid
What are the structure of the alimentary viscera?
- pharynx
- esophagus
What are the structures in the respirtatory viscera?
- larynx
- trachea
What innervates the larynx?
- CN 10 (vagus n.)
What are the branches of the vagus n. (CN10)?
- superior laryngeal
- internal laryngeal
- external laryngeal
- recurrent laryngeal
- inferior laryngeal
What does the right recurrent laryngeal n. loop under?
- right subclavian a.
What does the left recurrent laryngeal n. loop under?
- aortic arch
What does the inferior laryngeal n. innervate?
- all intrinsic laryngeal muscles EXCEPT CRICOTHYROID M.
What is seen on the c-spine lateral XR view?
- C1-C7
- C1 posterior arch
- C2-C7 SP
What is seen on the AP c-spine XR view?
- SP (not specific levels)
- tracheal shadow
What is the c-spine AP view used for?
- alignment
What is seen on an open mouth c-spine XR view?
- dens
- C2 body
What is seen on the c-spine oblique XR view?
- intervertebral foremen
Identify
- platysma
Identify
- clavicular end of SCM
- sternal end of SCM
Identify
- upper trapezius
Identify
- sternohyoid
Identify
- thyrohyoid
Identify
- superior belly of omohyoid
- inferior belly of omohyoid
Identify
- mylohyoid
Identify
- geniohyoid
Identify
- stylohyoid
Identify
- anterior belly of digastric
- posterior belly of digastric
Identify
- anterior scalenes
- middle scalenes
- posterior scalenes
- brachial plexus
- phrenic n.
Identify
- splenius capitis
Identify
- levator scapula
Identify
- rectus capitis lateralis
- longus colli/capitis
- rectus capitis anterior
Locate the thyroid
Locate the parathyroid glands