nerves anterior triangle of neck

Question 1

what does facial nerve innervate

Answer 1

1) posterior belly of digastric

2) stylohyoid muscle

Question 2

what does glossopharyngeal nerve innervate

Answer 2

1) post 1/3 of tongue
2) palatine tonsils
3) pharynx

Question 3

what does vagus nerve innervate

Answer 3

• found between internal JV and internal CA
  1) soft palate muscles
  2) pharynx
  3) larynx

Question 4

what does accessory nerve innervate

Answer 4

• anterior border of SCM
  1) SCM
  2) trapezius

Question 5

what does hypoglossal nerve innervate

Answer 5

muscles of the tongue

Question 6

transverse cervical nerve is a branch of what?

Answer 6

cervical plexus

Question 7

where does the transverse cervical nerve travel

Answer 7

starts from posterior border of scm and transverses it anteriorly
innervates: neck area (cutaneous)

Question 8

ansa cervicalis

Answer 8

• nerves from C1 to C3

- innervates: superior and inferior belly of omohyoid and sternohyoid and sternothyroid