Q: 7 Neck - Hutcheson Flashcards
What is the most superficial layer of the deep fascia?
Investing facia
What are the nerve levels of the cervical plexus?
C1-C4
What are the nerves of the cervical plexus proper?
Are they sensory or motor?
Lesser occipital n (C2)
Great auricular n (C2-C3)
Transverse cervical n (C2-C3)
Supravlavicular n (C3-C4)
SENSORY
What are the nerves of the Ansa cervicalis?
Is it considered motor or sensory?
Superior Root (C1)
Inferior root (C2-C3)
Superior and inferior root connect
To the geniohyoid and thyrohyodi mm. (C1)
To the superior belly of the omohyoid m. (C1)
To the sternothyroid m. (C1-C3)
To the sternohyoid m. (C1-C3)
To the inferior belly of the omohyoid m. (C2-C3)
What does the carotid sheath contain?
IJV (internal jugular vein)
Carotid a.
Vagus n.
What is the bulge called where the common carotid Artery bifurcates?
Carotid sinus (blood pressure regulation/baroreceptors)
Also contains carotid body which detects blood gas levels etc (chemoreceptors)
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How many cervical spinal nerves are there?
8
How many cervical spinal vertebrae are there?
7
What is the hyoid bone an attachment site for?
What are the three parts of the hyoid bone?
What are the functions of the muscles that attach to the hyoid bone?
Many anterior strap muscles
Lesser horns, greater horns, body
Depress mandible, elevate ribs, elevate or depress larynx
What are the two components of the superficial cervical fascia?
Platysma muscle (embedded in fat).
Fat
What innervates the anterior belly of the digastric muscles?
CN V3
Third branch of trigeminal nerve
What innervates posterior belly of the digastric muscle?
CN VII
Facial nerve 7
What innervates the mylohyoid muscle?
CN V3
Third branch of trigeminal nerve
What innervates the stylohyoid muscle?
CN VII
Facial nerve 7
What are the functions of the infrahyoid muscles?
Depress hyoid bone and larynx
Depress mandible if suprahyoid muscles contract at same time
Act in vocalization and swallowing
Thyrohyoid can raise larynx
What are the four muscles of the infrahyoid group?
Omohyoid m
Sternohyoid m
Thyrohyoid m
Sternothyroid m
Name the superficial fascia layers
Name the deep fascia layers
Superficial:
-Superficial cervical fascia
Deep: -Investing Fascia -Pretracheal fascia -prevertebral fascia (PVF) —
What are the muscles covered by the investing fascia?
Trapezius and SCM