Neck and Suboccipital Region Flashcards
What are the suprahyoid muscles of the anterior neck?
The anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid, and geniohyoid.
What are the infrahyoid muscles of the anterior neck?
Thyrohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid, and superior and inferior bellies of omohyoid.
What are the borders of the anterior triangle of the neck?
Anterior- midline of neck
Superior- Inferior border of mandible,
Sternocleidomastoid
What are the borders of the posterior triangle of the neck?
Posterior- Trapezius
Inferior- Clavicle
Sternocleidomastoid
What are the 4 triangles within the anterior triangle of the neck?
Carotid, muscular, submental, and submandibular.
What are the borders of the carotid triangle?
The posterior belly of digastric, SCM, and superior belly of omohyoid.
What are the two triangles within the posterior triangle of the neck?
Occipital and supraclavicular
What are the borders of the occipital triangle?
The trapezius, the inferior belly of omohyoid, and the SCM.
What are the borders of the supraclavicular triangle?
The inferior belly of omohyoid, the clavicle, and SCM.
What are the 5 pharyngeal (branchial) arches?
Mandibular, hyoid, third, fourth, sixth.
What muscles arise from the mandibular pharyngeal arch?
Mastication, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric.
What innervates the muscles of the mandibular pharyngeal arch?
Trigeminal N (CN V3)
What muscles arise from the hyoid pharyngeal arch?
Facial expression, posterior belly of digastric, stylohyoid.
What innervates the muscles of the hyoid pharyngeal arch?
Facial N (CN VII)
What muscles arise from the third pharyngeal arch?
Stylopharyngeus
What innervates the muscle of the third pharyngeal arch?
Glossopharyngeal N (CN IX)
What muscles arise from the fourth pharyngeal arch?
Cricothyroid, inferior pharyngeal constrictor
What innervates the muscles of the fourth pharyngeal arch?
Vagus N (CN X), superior laryngeal
What are the muscles that arrive from the sixth pharyngeal arch?
Intrinsic laryngeal
What innervates the muscles of the sixth pharyngeal arch?
Vagus N (CN X), recurrent laryngeal
What is the function of the branchial motor axons?
Innervate skeletal muscles from pharyngeal arches.
What are the suboccipital muscles of neck?
Rectus capitis posterior minor and major, superior oblique and inferior oblique.
What are the 4 deep cervical fascias?
Investing Fascia
Pretracheal Fascia
Prevertebral Fascia
Carotid Sheath
What are the contents of the investing fascia?
Surrounds the neck and splits to enclose the trapezius and SCM muscles.
What are the contents of the pretracheal fascia?
Infrahyoid muscles, thyroid gland, espophagus and trachea.
What is the pretracheal fascia continuous with?
Buccopharyngeal fascia.
What are the contents of the prevertebral fascia?
Vertebra
What is the prevertebral fascia continuous with?
Axillary sheath and anterior longitudinal ligament