Neck (need to finish)

Question 1

C2 (cervical nerve) and it’s branches

Answer 1

located at caudoventral border of the wing of the atlas; emerges between the mastoid part of the cleidocephalicus and omotransversarius; 2 branches
great auricular and transverse cervical nerve

Question 2

Great auricular nerve

Answer 2

extends toward the ear; branches and supplies the skin of the neck, the ear, and the back of the head (sensory branches)

Question 3

Transverse cervical nerve

Answer 3

branches to the skin of the cranioventral part of the neck

Question 4

External jugular vein

Answer 4

formed by the linuofacial and maxillary veins, empties down into the brachiocephalic vein

Question 5

Linguofacial vein

Answer 5

a

Question 6

Maxillary vein

Answer 6

a

Question 7

Mandibular salivary gland

Answer 7

ovoid body that lies in the fork formed by the linguofacial and maxillary vein emptying into the external jugular vein

Question 8

Mandibular lymph nodes

Answer 8

lie on both sides of the linguofacial vein, ventral to the mandibular salivary gland

Question 9

Accessory nerve (Cranial Nerve XI)

Answer 9

innervates BOTS; large nerve found deep to the cranial part of the sternocephalicus and the cervical part of cleidocephalicus; as it emerges from the neck, it crosses the second cervical spinal nerve, runs along the dorsal border of the omotransversarius, and terminates in the thoracic part of the trapezius; supplies in part the mastoid and cervical portions of the cleidocephalicus, omotransversarius, and sternocephalicus

Question 10

Vagosympathetic trunk

Answer 10

runs with the common carotid artery in the carotid sheath; lies dorsal to the sternothyroideus

Question 11

Medial retropharyngeal lymph node

Answer 11

behind pharynx (throat); lies opposite to the larynx, ventrolateral to the carotid sheath