Quiz 2 Flashcards
Functions of the neck
-Passage way for: Respiratory system Digestive system Brachial plexus -Location parathyroid and thyroid glands
Cervical Vertebrae
- Protect cervical spinal cord
- Attachment for muscles
- Movement
Hyoid Bone
- Only bone that does not articulate with other bones
- Attachment for muscles relating to tongue and pharynx
- Level of C3
Anterior & Lateral Neck
2 major triangles: Posterior and anterior
Posterior Triangle (Boundaries)
1) Posterior Border of the SCM
2) Anterior border of the trapezius
3) Middle portion of the clavicle
Posterior Triangle (Contents)
- Spinal accessory nerve
- Cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus
- Phrenic Nerve
- Brachial plexus
Anterior triangle (Boundaries)
Anterior borders of the SCM
Mandible
Anterior triangle (Contents)
- Hyoid Bone
- Thyroid cartilage
- Cricoid cartilage
- Superior portion of the trachea
- Thyroid and parathyroid gland (C5-T1)
- Submandibular salivary gland
Thyroid Cartilage
- Component of both the larynx and pharynx
- 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae
- Adam’s apple right above them
Cricoid Cartilage
- Primary cartilage of the larynx
- C6 level
Infrahyoid Muscles
- 4 thin strap like muscles
- Steady Hyoid
Suprahyoid Muscles
- Stylohoid
- Hyoglossus
- Mylohoid
- Digastric
Scalene Triangle
- Between anterior and middle scalene
- Holds roots and trunks of brachial plexus
- Subclavian artery
Carotid sheath
- Deep to SCM
- Contains:
- internal jugular vein,
- common and internal carotid arteries,
- vagus nerve
Viscera of the neck
- Larynx (Inside trachea and Cricoid cartilage)
- Trachea (C-shaped cartilage)
- Esophagus (Behind trachea)
- Thyroid (issumiss connection between sides of thyroid)
- Parathroid
Ascending Aorta
Upward from right ventricle
Arch of the Aorta
- Starts Anteriorly about T4 level
- Braches to:
1) Brachiocephalic trunk
2) Left common carotid
3) Left subclavian
Brachiocephalic Trunk
Branches to:
1) Right common carotid
2) Right subclavian
Common Carotid
- Divides about C4
- Branches to:
1) Internal Carotid (Supplies Brain)
2) External Carotid (Face, neck, scalp)
Subclavian Artery
-Supplies lower neck and upper limb
-Branches to:
Vertebral artery
Triangle for the Vertebral Artery
Supplies: 1)Cervical Spinal Cord 2)Brain Boundaries: -Laterally= Anterior Scalene -Medially= Longus Coli -Base= Subclavian Artery -Apex= transverse process of C6
Superficial Veins
Function:
- Drain skin
- Drain into subclavian vein
Deep Veins
- Internal jugular
- Subclavian
- Brachiocephalic
Brachiocephalic Veins
- formed from the union of the internal jugular and the subclavians
- Lie directly posterior to the sternoclavicular joint
- Left vein crosses directly superior to the manubrium to join the right brachiocephalic vein forming the Superior Vena Cava
Platysma (Attachments)
Skin of anterior nack
Platysma (Innervation)
Facial Nerve
Platysma (Action)
Tightens skin of neck
Sternocliedomastoid (Attachment)
Inferior: -Manubrium -Medial 1/3 clavicle Superior -Mastoid -Lateral superior nuchal line
Sternocliedomastoid (Innervation)
- Spinal Accessory
- C2
Sternocliedomastoid (Action)
- Unilateral: tilts head to same side and rotates face to the opposite side
- Bilateral: flex head on neck or with stable head can flex head
Sternohyoid (Attachments)
Posterior manubrium and medial clavicle to body of the hyoid
Sternothyroid (Attachments)
Posterior manubrium and first costal cartilage to the Thyroid cartilage
Thyrohyoid (Attachments)
Thyroid cartilage to body and greater horn of the hyoid bone
Omohyoid (Attachments)
- Inferior belly attaches to upper border of scapula and runs to intermediate tendon
- Superior belly runs from intermediate tendon to hyoid bone
Infrahyoid Muscles (Action)
- Depresses Hyoid after it has been raised during sallowing
- Steadies, stabilizes hyoid bone during tongue movements
Infrahyoid Muscles (Innervation)
Ansa Cervicalis (C1-C3)
Longus Coli (Attachments)
- Superior oblique attaches from the anterior tubercles and transverse processes of the 3rd to 5th cervical vertebrae TO the anterior arch of the atlas
- Inferior oblique attaches from the bodies of the first 2-3 thoracic vertebrae TO the anterior tubercles of the 3rd-5th cervical vertebrae
- Vertical portion attaches from the bodies of the upper 3 thoracic and lower 3 cervical vertebrae TO the bodies of the 2nd to 4th cervical vertebrae
Longus Coli (Action)
- Bilateral: Flex neck
- Unilateral: Lateral flexion and rotation to the ipsalateral side
Longus Coli (Innervation)
Branches of the cervical plexus
Longus Capitis (Attachments)
C3-C6 to the base of the skull
Longus Capitis (Action)
- Bilateral: Flex head on the neck at the atlantooccipital joint
- Unilateral: involves the rotation of the head on the neck to the ipsilateral side at the atlantoaxial joint
Longus Capitis (Innervation)
Branches of the cervical plexus
Rectus Capitis Anterior (Attachments)
Atlas TO area anterior to occipital condyles
Rectus Capitis Lateralis (Attachments)
Transverse process of atlas TO the jugular process of the occipital bone
Rectus Capitis Anterior/ Lateralis (Action)
- Stabilizes the skull on the cervical vertebrae
- Assist in flexion of the neck and of head on neck
Rectus Capitis Anterior/ Lateralis (Innervation)
Branches of the cervical plexus
Anterior Scalene (Attachments)
Transverse processes of C3- C6 TO the first rib via common tendon
Middle Scalene (Attachments)
Transverse processes of C2-C6 TO the frist rib via the common tendon posterior to the anterior scalene
Posterior Scalene (Attachments)
Transverse processes of C6-C7 to the 2nd rib via the common rib
Scalene Muscles (Actions)
- Bilateral: Elevate the 1st rib during forced inspiration with trunk stable they flex the neck
- Unilateral: Ipsilateral lateral flexion
Scalene Muscles (Innervation)
Segmentally via branches from cervical and brachial plexus
Cervical Nerve Plexus (Components)
- Ventral Rami of C1-C4
- Ventral Rami of C1 is ONLY motor
Cervical Plexus (Sensory Branches)
- Lesser Occipital (C2)
- Greater Auricular (C2,3) Ear
- Transverse Cervical (C2,3) Anterior neck
- Supraclavicular (C3,4) Above clavicular
Cervical Plexus (Mixed Branches)
-Phrenic Nerve (C3,4,5)
~Motor to diaphragm
~ Sensory from diaphragm and mediastinal pleura
~Sensory from pericardium
Cervical Plexus (Motor)
-Ansa Cervicalis (C1,2,3)
~Motor to infrahyoid
-Branches to scalene and prevertebral muscles
Cervical Plexus (Dermatomes)
- Skin covering: the mastoid process, lateral and anterior neck, top of shoulders
- Parietal Pleura and parietal pericardium
Reffered somatic pain
- Pain feels like musculoskeletal system but comes from elsewhere
- Ex: Shoulder pain originating in the from the pericardium
Sympathetic
heart, smooth muscle, and glands by secretion of norepineoherine
Parasympathetic
heart, smooth muscle, glands by secretion of acetylcholine
Preganglionic neurons cell body
Are in gray matter of thoracic and upper lumbar regions of the spinal cord (T1-L2)
Postganglionic neurons cell body
Are in the paravertebral ganglia
White Ramus
- Preganglion sympathetic axon
- White Rami connects the paravertebral ganglia
- T1-L2
Grey Ramus
- axon of postganglionic sypathetic neurons
- Connects all paravertebral ganglia in the neck, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis to ventral rami
- Full length
Pathways of Preganglionic Sympathetic Axons
1) Synapse with a cell body of a postganglionic neuron w/in the paravertebral ganglion as they enter
2) Ascend or descend w/in the sympathetic chain to synapse in a paravertebral ganglion either superior or inferior to the one they entered
3) Pass through the paravertebral ganglion without synapsing and leave going to the abdomen becoming the splanchnic nerve
Pathways of Postganglionic Sympathetic Axons
1) Can enter a grey ramus and be conveyed to and distributed with a ventral ramus. Eventually go to: sweat glands, erector pili muscles, and cutaneous blood vessels involved in temp. regulation
2) Some go from the paravertebral chain to the heart and lungs forming sympathetic components of the cardiac and pulmonary pexi
3) In the Superior Cervical Paravertebral Ganglion are distributed with branches of the carotid arteries to cutaneous structures forming the Carotid plexus
Paravertebral ganglia in the neck
1) Superior Cervical
2) Middle Cervical
3) Inferior Cervical
Stellate Ganglion
-inferior cervical fused with first thoracic