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MD3001 - Cardiology Anatomy > Surface Anatomy of the Neck > Flashcards

Surface Anatomy of the Neck Flashcards

1
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what is the neck?

A

Transitional area between the base of the cranium and the clavicles

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Name the 5 columns within the neck

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  • Neuromusculoskeletal
  • Visceral
  • Carotid neurovascular bundle
  • Investing fascia
  • Potential sapces
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Fascia

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Thin sheath of CT that encloses a muscle or an organ

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4
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What does the Visceral/Pre-Tracheal Column contain?

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  • Trachea
  • Thyroid gland
  • Oesophagus
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5
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What lies within the investing fascia?

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  • Platysma muscle sits inside (anterior)
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6
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What lies just outside the investing fascia?

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Trapexius muscle (posterior)

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7
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What lies within the carotid sheath?

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  • vagus nerve
  • carotid artery
  • internal jugular vein
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8
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What is in the pre-vertebral column?

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  • Spinal cord
  • Muscles
  • vertebral body
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9
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Where is the retropharyngeal space?

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Extends from the base of the skull to the diaphragm via the mediastinum (superior then posterior)

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What is the retrophayngeal space?

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Potential space that consist of loose CT

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11
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What splits the retropharyngeal space?

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Alar fascia

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12
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What is the DANGER space within the neck?

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Posterior to the alar fascia within the retropharyngeal space

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13
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Why is the retropharyngeal space dangerous?

A

infection can spread

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14
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What is the anterior border of the posterior triangle?

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posterior border of sternocleidomastoid

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What is the posterior border of the posterior triangle?

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anterior border of trapezius

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What is the inferior border of the posterior triangle?

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middle third of clavicle

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17
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What is the superior border of the anterior triangle?

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inferior border of the mandible

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18
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What is the lateral border of the anterior triangle?

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anterior border of sternocleidomastoid

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What is the medial border of the anterior triangle?

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sagittal line down the midline of the neck

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20
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What muscle divides the traingles of the neck?

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sternocleidomastoid

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21
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Styloid process

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Anchor point for several muscles associated with the tongue and larynx

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22
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Stylomastoid foramen

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transmits facial nerve and an artery

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23
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Mastoid process

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found behind the ear

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24
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Where is the parotid galnd found?

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In between the mastoid process and angle of the mandible

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25
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Describe the hyoid bone

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  • U-shaped bone
  • 2 greater and 2 lesser horns
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26
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What muscles suspend the hyoid bone?

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suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles

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27
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What is the hyoid bone attached to?

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thyroid cartilage

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28
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What happens to the hyoid cartilage when you swallow?

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It moves

29
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Describe the thyroid cartilage

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  • Largest cartilage of the laryngeal skeleton
  • 2 lamina, 4 horns
30
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What is the laryngeal prominance?

A
  • Fusion of inferior 2/3 of 2 lamina
  • Adam’s apple - prominant in males
31
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What does articulation between the thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage allow?

A
  • Rotation and gliding of thyroid cartilage
  • Change length/sound of vocal cords (posterior to cartilage)
32
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Give the branches of the aortic arch from right to left

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  • Brachiocephalic
    • right subclavian
    • right common carotid
  • left common carotid
  • left subclavian
33
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Where does the braciocephalic trunk bifurcate

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behind the right sternoclavicular joint

34
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What does the right common carotid artery supply?

A

right side of the head and neck, intracranial structures

35
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What does the right subclavian artery supply?

A

right upper limb and intracranial structures

36
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What is the brachipcephalic trunk covered by anteriorly?

A

sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles

37
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Where does the subclavian artery pass?

A

under the first rib on its way to the upper limb

38
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What are the 3 parts of the subclavian artery?

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  • Vertebral artery, thyrocervical trunk and internal throacic (medial to anterior scalene)
  • Costo-cervical trunk (posterior to anterior scalene
  • Dorsal scapula → axillary artery (lateral border of anterior scalene and travels under clavicle)
39
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Where does the common carotid artery bifurcate?

A

superior border of the thyroid cartilage

40
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What does the common carotid artery birfurcate in to?

A

internal and external common carotid arteries

41
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What is the common carotid deep to?

A

anterior border of sternocleidomastoid lateral to the hyoid cartilage

42
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Give another name for the carotid body

A

glomus coroticus

43
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Where is the carotid body located?

A

At the posterior wall of the birfucation of the common carotid artery

44
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What is the function of the carotid body?

A

Chemoreceptor that is sensitive to pCO2

45
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What is the function of the carotid sinus?

A

baroreceptor - reacts to changes in arterial blood pressure

46
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What is the nerve innervation of the carotid body and carotid sinus?

A

glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve

47
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What does the internal carotid artery supply?

A

intracranial structures

48
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Does the internal carotid artery give off any branches in the neck?

A

NO

49
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name the 8 branches of the external carotid artery that supply areas of the head and neck on the external cranium

A
  • Superifical temporal
  • Maxillary
  • Posterior auricular
  • Occipital
  • Facial
  • Ascending laryngeal
  • Lingual
  • Superior thyroid
50
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MNEMOMIC for branches of the external carotid artery

A

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  • Superifical temporal
  • Ascending pharyngeal
  • Lingual
  • Facial
  • Occipital
  • Posterior Auricular
  • Maxillary
  • Superior thyroid
51
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What drains the venous blood of the intracranial structures?

A

Dural venous sinuses

52
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Name the dural venous sinuses

A
  • Superior sagittal sinus
  • Inferior sagittal sinus
  • Sinus rectus
53
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What is the sigmoid sinus?

A

internal jugular vein upon exiting the cranial cavity through the jugular foramen

54
Q

What does the IJV drain?

A

intracranial structures and superifical parts of the face and neck

55
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Where does the IJV travel?

A

In the carotid sheath

56
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What is the IJV in close proximity to?

A

brachial plexus, ohrenic and vagus nerves

57
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What can IJP be used for?

A

To assess CVP

58
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What does the external jugular vein drain?

A

venous blood from the outer cranium and deep parts of the face into the subclavian vein

59
Q

What join to form the retromandibular vein?

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Superifical temporal and maxillary veins merge within the parotid gland

60
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What does the retromandibular vein join with to form the external jugular vein?

A

posterior auricaular

61
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What does the external jugular vein descend over?

A

sternocleidomastoid

62
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where is the anterior jugular vein?

A

Inferior to hyoid bone

63
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Where does the anterior jugular vein drain into?

A

externa; jugular and subclavian veins

64
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What do the sides of the anterior jugular vein merge to form?

A

jugular arch

65
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What 4 cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus become superifial at Erb’s Point?

A
  • Lesser occiptal
  • Great auricular
  • transverse cervical
  • Supraclavicular
66
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What muscles does the accessory nerve provide motor control to?

A

trapezius and SCM

67
Q

Where does the accessory nerve pass?

A

Across the posterior triangle

68
Q

Where are there no lymph nodes?

A

In the scalp or face

69
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What lymph nodes accompany the external and internal jugular veins?

A

deep and superifcial cervical lymph nodes

MD3001 - Cardiology Anatomy (11 decks)

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