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What makes up axillary skeleton of neck?

Visceral skeleton?

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Axillary: cervical vertebrae
Visceral:
-Hyoid bone
-Thyroid cartilage
-Cricoid cartilage
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What structure is behind the thyroid cartilage?

Cricoid cartilage?

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Thyroid: larynx

Cricoid cartilage: trachea

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Larynx
Trachea
Pharynx

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Larynx: voice box
Trachea: windpipe
Pharynx: throat post to nasal cavity and mouth; leads to esophagus

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What membrane is b/w thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone?

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Thyro-hyoid membrane

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What are the 2 muscles in the back of the neck that are separated by fascial layers?

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Muscle of pharyngeal wall (ant)

Longus coli muscle (post)

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What are the 3 fascia layers b/w the muscle of pharyngeal wall and longus coli muscle in back of neck?

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Ant: Buccopharyngeal (pretrachial)
Mid: Alar
Prevertebral

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What are the fascia of the neck?

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Investing layer (surrounds entire neck)
Prevertebral layer (encases vertebrae/erector spinae)
Alar: carotid sheath
Pretrachial: surrounds trachea, esophagus, thyroid gland

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What is the danger space called?

What fascia layers is it betweehn?

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Retropharyngeal space

b/w Alar and Prevertebral

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What smaller subsection is in the sternocleidomastoid region?
What does it contain?

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Lesser supraclavicular fossa

Contains internal jugular vein

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Posterior cervical region contains…

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Trapezius

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Posterior triangle:
Location
What smaller subsections are in this region?

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Location: b/w sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
Smaller subsections:
-Occipital triangle
-Omoclavicular

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Anterior triangle:
Location
What smaller subsections are in this region?

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b/w sternocleidomastoid and midline of neck
Smaller subsections:
-muscular triangle
-carotid triangle

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Muscular triangle location

What larger triangle is it in?

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Located b/w sup belly of omohyoid and sternohyoid

Anterior triangle

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Carotid triangle location
What larger triangle is it in?
What does it contain?

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Located b/w sternocleidomastoid, sup belly of omohyoid, and digastric

Anterior triangle

Contains carotid artery, jugular vein, vagus nerve

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What are the superficial muscles of the neck?

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Platysma
Sternocleidomastoid
Trapezius

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What is the action of the sternocleidomastoid?

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lateral flexion/rotation; tipping head down and up

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What is the action of trapezius?

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Major extensor of neck

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Where does the sternocleidomastoid attach?

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Sternum
Clavicle
Mastoid process

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What nerves are in the post triangle?

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Cervical plexus

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What kind of nerves are the cervical plexus?

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Sensory

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Spinal accessory nerve runs b/w

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sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

Spinal accessory nerve innervates both of these muscles

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What are the muscles of the post triangle?

List them from post –> ant

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Splenius capitis
Levator scapulae
Scalene (post, mid, ant)

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Brachial plexus runs b/w what muscles?

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Ant and mid scalene

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Subclavian artery comes from…on right side and … on left side

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Right: brachiocephalic
Left: arch of aorta

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What are the branches of the 1st part (medial) of subclavian?
Vertebral Thyrocervical Internal thoracic
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What are the branches of the thyrocervical trunk of the subclavian?
Suprascapular Cervicodorsal trunk Ascending cervical Inferior thyroid artery
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What is the branch of the second part (posterior part) of subclavian artery?
Costocervical trunk
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What are the nerves included in the cervical plexus (sensory)?
Lesser occipital Great auricular Supraclavicular (med, lat, intermed) Transverse cervical
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Cervical plexus location
Exits behind sternocleidomastoid in NERVE POINT OF NECK
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What are the nerves included in the cervical plexus (motor)?
Ansa cervicalis | Phrenic nerve
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Ansa cervicalis
C1-C3 Makes a loop Some C1 fibers ride ansa cervicalis
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What muscles are innervated by ansa cervicalis?
Omohyoid Sternohyoid Sternothyroid
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Phrenic nerve
C3-C5 Run across surface of ant scalene Incorporated into pericardium
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What muscle does phrenic nerve innervate?
Diaphragm
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Branch of C1 rides with what nerve?
Hypoglossal (XII)
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The branch of C1 that rides with the hypoglossal nerve (XII) innervates
Thyrohyoid | Geniohyoid
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Ant or post triangle? Cervical plexus Phrenic nerve Ansa cervicalis
Cervical plexus: post Phrenic nerve: post Ansa cervicalis: ant
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What nerve is incorporated into the carotid sheath?
Ansa cervicalis
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Laryngeal prominence
Thyroid cartilage
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What 2 muscles of the neck have a bend in the middle?
Digastric | Omohyoid
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What muscle innervates the ant belly of digastric? | Post belly?
Ant: V3 Post: Facial nerve (VII)
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What muscle makes up most of the tongue?
Genioglossus
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Carotid sinus
base of internal carotid is expanded | Measures BP -- stretching of vessel
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Carotid body
measures CO2 levels in blood
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What nerve monitors the carotid sinus and carotidd body?
Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
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What 4 CN's pass through the ant triangle?
Glossopharyngeal (IX) Vagus (X) Spinal accessory (XI) Hypoglossal (XII)
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Describe relation b/w location of longus capitis and longus coli
Longus coli is medial to longus capitis
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What are the ganglia in the cervical region?
Sup, Mid, and Inf superior cervical ganglia
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What area are cervical vertebra located in?
``` Danger space (retropharyngeal space) B/w prevertebral and alar fascia ```
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What nerves synapse at the ganglia in the cervical region?
Sympathetic plexus that rides up carotid arteries
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Describe location of synapse to proximity of target/origin for parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves
Parasympathetic: synapse close to target | Sympathetic synapse close to origin (SC)
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Compare the shape of the thyroid and cricoid cartilage
Thyroid: U-shaped, open in back Cricoid: ring-shaped, thicker in back than in front
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What area do you perform a tracheotomy on?
cricothyroid membrane
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What are the blood vessels supplying the thyroid gland?
Sup and inf thyroid arteries | Sup, Mid, and Inf thyroid veins
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Sup thyroid artery from... | Inf thyroid artery from...
Sup: external carotid Inf: thyrocervical trunk -- 2nd part of subclavian
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Where are parthyroid gland located?
On back of thyroid gland
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What are the 2 branches of the vagus nerve that supply near the trachea?
Sup laryngeal nerve (sensory) | Recurrent laryngeal nerve (motor)
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What membrane does the sup laryngeal nerve pierce? | What name does it have once it pierces this membrane?
Thyrohyoid membrane Internal branch of internal laryngeal nerve
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What does sup laryngeal nerve innervate?
Larynx above vocal cords/folds
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What does the recurrent laryngeal nerve innervate?
All muscles of laryngeal area (except cricothyroid muscle)
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What are the 3 parts of the pharynx?
Naso Oro Larygo
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Laryngeal inlet (aditus)
opening for pharynx
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Pharynx originates from what germ layer?
Gut tube
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What are the arches at the base of the tongue?
Palatoglossal | Palatopharyngeal
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What are the tonsils that are removed if infected?
Platine tonsils
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Taste to ant 2/3 of tongue | Taste to post 1/3
Ant 2/3: chorda tympani (facial) | Post 1/3: glossopharyngeal (IX)
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Epiglottis
Cap over glottis
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Glottis
opening to larynx
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What are the 2 layers of muscle that make the pharyx?
1. Circular (outer, constrictors) | 2. Longitudinal (sup-->inf)
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What action is produced by circular and longitudinal muscles of pharynx?
Circular: constrictors, peristalsis Long: contract and make pharynx shorter
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Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle attaches to...
pharyngeal tubercle of skull and | buccinator
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Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle attaches to buccinator via
pterygomandibular raphe
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Glossopharyngeal nerve runs on top of what muscle? | It also innervates this muscle
Stylopharyngeus
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What are the longitudinal muscles of the pharynx?
Stylopharyngeus Palatopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus
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What are the diff tonsils?
Pharyngeal Tubal Plaltine Lingual

Human Anatomy -- Head and Neck (4 decks)

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