Posterior Triangle Of Neck Flashcards
What landmark divides the neck into two triangles?
SCM
What innervates the sternocleidomastoid (scm)
Central nerve XI (spinal accessory)
What is the action of the SCM?
Unilaterally its contraction tilts the head toward the shoulder of the same side, rotating the face.
Bilaterally they protract the head
Where does the SCM attach?
Superiorly to the mastoid process and sternum and to the clavicle inferiorly.
Inferior belly of the omohyoid divides the posterior triangle into:
Superior occipital triangle
Lower supraclavicular triangle
Brachial plexus is located…
Between the scalenus anterior and medius.
Enters the axilla via the cervicoaxillary canal
Brachial plexus innervates
The upper limb. Both sensory and motor
Central nerve XI (spinal accessory) innervates
Motor innervation to the SCM and trapezius.
Found anterior to levator scapula
Which muscles form floor of the triangle?
Semispinalis capitis Splenius capitis Levator scapulae Scalenus medius Scalenus anterior (phrenic nerve crosses anteriorly)
Origin of scalene muscles
Arise from the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae
Attachments of the SCM
sternal head- manubrium of sternum
clavicular head- medial third of clavicle
Attachments of inferior belly of omohyoid
Superior border of the scapula and attaches on the hyoid bone
Innervation of belly of omohyoid
Branch of cervical plexus
Function of omohyoid
Depress hyoid and draw larynx and hyoid bone down for phonation and swallowing
Attachments of anterior scalene
Scalene tubercle of first rib and transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae.