The neck

Question 1

Compartments of the neck

Answer 1

Vertebral : contains the cervical vertebra and postural muscles
Vascular : blood vessels and the vagus nerve
Visceral : Thyroid, parathyroid, pharynx, larynx, trachea, Oesophagus
Musculofascial

Question 2

What is the name of C1/C2

Answer 2

C1: ATLAS
C2: AXIS

Question 3

What is the joint between c1 and c2?

Answer 3

Synovial pivot joint

Question 4

Characters of cervical vertebrae?

Answer 4

There are 7

They have a short, bifid spinous process

Question 5

What is c7?

Answer 5

Vertebra prominens

Question 6

What curvature exist at the cervical vertebra part of the column?

Answer 6

Lordosis

Question 7

What structure is specific to the cervical vertebrae?

Answer 7

The transverse foramen

Question 8

what passes through the transverse foramen?

Answer 8

Vertebral arteries

The sympathetic nerve plexus

Question 9

what joint is present between the occipital condyles and C1

Answer 9

Synovial ellipsoid

Question 10

Borders of the anterior triangle of the neck

Answer 10

Superior: Inferior border of the mandible
Lateral: Anterior border of sternocleidomastoid
Medial: midline of the neck

Question 11

What is contained in the anterior border of the neck?

Answer 11

• Suprahyoid muscles
• Infrahyoid muscle
• Common carotid artery
• IJV
• CR VII, IX, X, XI, XII

Question 12

How is the anterior triangle of the neck further subdivided?

Answer 12

By the digastric and the omohyoid muscles into

• Submental
• submandibular
• carotid
• muscular

Question 13

Submental triangle borders

Answer 13

Inferior: Hyoid bone
Medial: midline of the neck
Lateral: Anterior belly of digastric

Question 14

Submandibular borders

Answer 14

Superiorly: Body of mandible

• Anterior: anterior belly of digastric
• Posterior: posterior belly of digastric

Question 15

Borders of the carotid triangle

Answer 15

• Superior: posterior belly of digastric
• Lateral: medial border of sternocleidomastoid
• Inferior: Omohyoid

Question 16

Borders of the muscular triangle

Answer 16

Superior: hyoid bone
Medial: midline of neck
Supero-laterally: omohyoid
Infero-laterally : sternocleidomastoid

Question 17

Contents of submental triangle

Answer 17

submental lymph nodes

Question 18

contents of submandibular triangle

Answer 18

submandibular lymph nodes

Facial artery

Question 19

Contents of carotid triangle?

Answer 19

• common carotid triangle
• IJV
• Hypoglossal nerve
• Vagus nerve

Question 20

Muscular contents?

Answer 20

infra hyoid muscle

Question 21

Borders of the posterior border of the neck?

Answer 21

Anterior:
Posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid

Posterior:
Anterior border of the trapezius muscle

Inferior:
middle 1/3rd of clavicle

Question 22

Contents of the posterior border of the neck?

Answer 22

• Omohyoid
• EJV
• Subclavian vein
• Distal part of subclavian artery

Question 23

Attachment point of the sternocleidomastoid?

Answer 23

• Manubrium of the sternum
• Mastoid process of the temporal bone
• Clavicle

Question 24

Action of the sternocleidomastoid?

Answer 24

• Head tilt to the same side of contraction
• Face rotation to the opposite side of contraction
• Lateral neck flexion

Question 25

Action of the trapezium

Answer 25

• Movement of the scapula when the spinal attachments are still : Elevates, depresses and retract the scapula
• Movement of the spine when the scapula are still: Rotates the glenoid joint

Question 26

which cranial nerve innervates the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius

Answer 26

The accessory spinal nerve