Nerves of Neck

Question 1

What are the three types of nerves found in the neck?

Answer 1

Cervical, cranial, and sympathetic chain

Question 2

What makes up the cervical plexus?

Answer 2

Anterior (ventral) rami of C1-C4

Question 3

What are the sensory nerves of the cervical plexus?

Answer 3

Lesser occipital, great auricular, transverse cervical, supraclavicular

Question 4

What are the motor nerves of the cervical plexus?

Answer 4

Ansa cervicalis, C1 to thyrohyoid, phrenic

Question 5

What nerve hitchhikes on hypoglossal nerve?

Answer 5

Ansa cervicalis

Question 6

Subtrapezial plexus contains…

Answer 6

GSA innervation for muscle spindles

Question 7

The nerve point is a good place to…

Answer 7

Insert anesthesia of nerves simulataneously

Question 8

What axon types are found in vagus nerve?

Answer 8

SVE, GVE, SVA, GVA

Question 9

What comes out vagus nerve?

Answer 9

Pharyngeal branches, superior laryngeal nerve, recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 10

What nerve runs with the superior laryngeal artery?

Answer 10

Internal laryngeal nerve

Question 11

What nerve runs with the superior thyroid artery?

Answer 11

External laryngeal nerve

Question 12

What nerve runs with the inferior thyroid artery?

Answer 12

Recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 13

Hoarseness after endarterectomy is from damage to…

Answer 13

CN X -> not recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 14

All preganglionic sympathetic axons in the cervical chain are from…

Answer 14

T1-T4