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Posterior Triangle And Root Of The Neck Flashcards

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Purple Arrow

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Supraclavicular Nerve(s)

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Costocervical trunk

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Posterior Triangle of the neck boundaries

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  • Posterior border of sternocleidomastoid,
  • anterior border of trapezius
  • middle 1/3 of clavicle
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Splenius capitis muscles run from the ______ -> _________

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cervical vertebrae to the skull

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Thyrocervical trunk

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Nerves that run through the root of the neck

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  • Vagus (CN X)
  • Reccurent laryngeal
  • phrenic
  • cervical sympathetic trunk
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Green Arrow:

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Suprascapular artery

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Green Dot

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Mastoid Process

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9
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Red Arrow:

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Distal subclavian artery

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Green Arrow:

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Vertebral artery (through transverse foramen of cervical vertebrae except C7)

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What structure run through the scalene gap?

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  • Subclavian artery
  • Brachial Plexus
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12
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Green Arrow:

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Vagus (CN X)

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13
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Green dot:

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splenius capitis

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14
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Longus Coli Origin -> Insertion

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Upper thoracic/ Lower cervial vertebral bodies and middle cervical transverse process -> upper cervical vertebral bodies

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Green Arrow

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External jugular vein

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Veins of the posterior triangle:

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  • External juglar vein
  • posterior auricular vein
  • posterior division of the retromandibular vein
  • drains into subclavian vein
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17
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Great Auricular nerve

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18
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Longus Capitis Origin -> insertion

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middle cervical transverse processes -> occipital bone

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19
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Green Circle

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Nerve point of the neck

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20
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Blue Arrow

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Subclavian Artery

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21
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Purple Arrow

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Dorsal Scapular Artery

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Red Arrow

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Scalenes

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23
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Red Arrow

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Transverse Cervical nerve

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24
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The posterior division of the retromandibular vein drains to the:

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external jugular vein

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25
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Red Dot

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Mandible

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26
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Green Arrow

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lesser occipital nerve

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27
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Red Arrow

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Clavicle

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28
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Arteries that come off of the subclavian atery in the root of the neck

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  • vertebral artery
  • internal thoracic atery
  • thyrocervical trunk
  • costocervical trunk
  • Dorsal Scapular artery
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29
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Which muscle of the posterior triangle of the neck runs in a different direction from the rest?

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Inferior belly of omohyoid

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30
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Longus Capitis innervation

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Cervical anterior rami

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31
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What divides the neck into two superficial triangles? (Regions)

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Sternocleidomastoid

32
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Blue Arrow

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Posterior Auricular vein

33
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Longus Coli Action

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flex neck

34
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Purple Arrow

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Inferior belly of omohyoid

35
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Nerves in the posterior triangle are the ________ branches of the _______ plexus

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sensory

cervical

36
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Green Arrow

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Common Carotid Artery

37
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Green Arrow:

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Transverse cervical artery

38
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Which cervical vertebrae does not have a sensory nerve?

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C1

39
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Levator scapulae runs from the ____ -> _____

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scapula -> cervical vertebrae

40
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Which arteries run through the posterior traingle of the neck?

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  • transverse cervical artery
  • suprascapular artery
  • distal subclavian artery
  • dorsal scapular artery
41
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Which cranial nerve runs through the posterior triangle

A

Spinal Accersory nerve (CN XI)

42
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left thoracic duct drains lymph from:

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everywhere except right arm and right upper thorax

43
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Arteries of the Thyrocervical trunk

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Suprascapular artery (cervical)

Transverse cervical artery (cervical)

Inferior thyroid artery (thryroid)

44
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Platysma Origin -> insertion

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Inferior border or the mandible/skin of the lower face -> Deltopectoral fascia

45
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Platysma innervation

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Facial Nerve (CN VII)

46
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Purple Arrow:

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Cervical sympatheic trunk

47
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Blue Arrow:

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Suprascapular artery

48
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Purple Arrow:

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Dorsal Subscapular artery (branch of the subclavian)

49
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Red Arrow:

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Inferior thyroid artery

50
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Sternocleidomastoid action:

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Unilateral: lateral flexion, contralateral rotation

Bilateral: inferior flexion Superior Extension

51
Q

Boundaries of the neck:

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First rib

Base of skull

Inferior margin of mandible

52
Q

Longus capitis action

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flex neck

flex atanto-occipital joint

53
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Scalene gap is between which scalene muscles?

A

Anterior, Middle

54
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The external jugular vein drains to the:

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subclavian vein

55
Q

Green Arrow

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Hyoid bone

56
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Muscles of the posterior triangle

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  • splenius capitis
  • levator scapulae
  • scalenes
  • inferior belly of omohyoid
57
Q

Blue Dot

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Levator Scapulae

58
Q

Blue Arrow:

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Transverse Cervical Artery

59
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The posterior aurciular vein drains to the:

A

external jugular vein

60
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Nerves of the cervical plexus from superior to inferior

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  • lesser occipital nerve
  • great auricular nerve
  • transverse cervical nerve
  • supraclavicular nerve(s)
61
Q

right thoracic duct drains lymph from:

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right arm and right upper thorax

62
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Sternocleidomastoid Innervation

A

Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

63
Q

Anterior Triangle of the neck boundaries

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  • anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid,
  • inferior border of the mandible,
  • anterior midline of the neck
64
Q

Purple dot

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Thyroid cartilage

65
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Longus Coli innervation

A

cervical anterior rami

66
Q

Red Arrow

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Posterior division of the retromandibular vein

67
Q

Structures in the Venous angle

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subclavian vein

internal jugular vein

brachiocephalic vein

thoracic duct

right lymphatic duct

68
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Sternocleidomastoid Origin -> Insertion

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Manubrium, medial 1/3 of clavicle -> mastoid process

69
Q

Red Arrow

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Internal Thoracic Artery

70
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Scalene muscle Origin -> Insertion

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Origin: cervical transverse processess

Insertion: 1st rib (anterior, middle)

2nd rib (posterior)

71
Q

Platysma Action

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Draws skin of neck superiority and corners of mouth inferiorly

72
Q

Blue Arrow

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Manubrium

73
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Cervical ribs (rare) in the interscalene triangle can compress:

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subclavian artery

inferior trunk of the brachial plexus

74
Q

Blue Arrow

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Styloid process

75
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Blue Arrow:

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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

76
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Red Arrow:

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Phrenic nerve

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