Soft Tissue Structure of Neck

Question 1

depression that is posterior and superior to the clavicle

Answer 1

suprascapular fossa

Question 2

cartilaginous rings (beginning rings), interior to the cricoid cartilage, in the suprasternal notch

Answer 2

trachea

Question 3

area between the midline, the inferior border of the mandible and the anterior edge of the SCM

Answer 3

anterior triangle of the neck

Question 4

gland is located on either side of the thyroid cartilage and is connected in the middle by an isthmus which crosses the midline in the suprasternal notch anterior to the superior rings of the trachea

Answer 4

thyroid gland

Question 5

lateral to the cricoid cartilage

Answer 5

common carotid artery

Question 6

common carotid artery divides into ____________ and ________________ at the level of the hyoid bone

Answer 6

external and internal carotid arteries

Question 7

immediately lateral to the common carotid artery and deep to the SCM

Answer 7

internal jugular vein

Question 8

between the common carotid artery and the internal jugular vein

Answer 8

vagus nerve (cranial nerve x)

Question 9

area between the posterolateral edge of the SCM, the clavicle, and the anterior edge of the trapezius

Answer 9

posterior triangle of the neck

Question 10

superficially crossing the SCM from the angle of the mandible to the clavicle

Answer 10

external jugular vein

Question 11

a thin cord that crosses the superior portion of the SCM

Answer 11

greater auricular nerve

Question 12

a pulsation deeply posterior to the clavicle

Answer 12

subclavian artery and vein

Question 13

rising about 3 cm superior to the medial 1/3 of the clavicle, posterior to the SCM

Answer 13

apex of the lung

Question 14

crosses over the anterior scalene muscle, deep to the clavicular head of the SM

Answer 14

phrenic nerve

Question 15

between the anterior and middle scalene muscles

Answer 15

brachial plexus

Question 16

chains of nodes that run deep and posterior to the SCM, along the occiput, and anterior and posterior to the ear

Answer 16

lymph nodes

Question 17

thin cord running superiorly across the occiput

Answer 17

greater occipital nerve

Question 18

midline from the EOP inferiorly to C7, over the spinous process of C1-7

Answer 18

ligamentum nuchae or superior nuchal ligament