Thorax 4: Surface Anatomy of the Neck

Question 1

Name the columns of the neck

Answer 1

Neuro-muscular-skeletal
Visceral
Carotid Neuro-vascular Bundle

Question 2

Which column is covered by prevertebral fascia and what is its extent

Answer 2

Neuromuscular skeletal column

Runs from base of the skull to T3

Question 3

Where is the pretracheal fascia found and what does it cover and what is its extent

Answer 3

The visceral column from the hyoid to the pericardium

Question 4

Which column is covered by the buccopharyngeal fascia

Answer 4

visceral column

Question 5

which potential space is found between the neck to the superior mediastinum?

Answer 5

pretracheal

Question 6

what potential space is formed by the buccopharyngeal and prevertebral fascia?

Answer 6

retropharyngeal space running from the base of the skull to the diaphragm, behind the heart

Question 7

what are the borders of the anterior triangles?

Answer 7

mandible and sternocleidomastoid

Question 8

what are the borders of the posterior triangle?

Answer 8

between the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezium

Question 9

what is the action of the sternocleidomastoid

Answer 9

rotates head and tilts ear to shoulder

Question 10

what is a landmark deep int he posterior triangle?

Answer 10

scalenus anterior

Question 11

where does the common carotid bifurcate?

Answer 11

C3/4 at upper edge of thyroid cartilage

Question 12

which carotid supplies the brain?

Answer 12

internal carotid

Question 13

which carotid branches in the neck?

Answer 13

external carotid

Question 14

Name the branches of the external carotid

Answer 14

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Superficial thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior Auricular
Superficial temporal
Maxillary

Question 15

Which vein runs deep to sternocleidomastoid?

Answer 15

internal jugular

Question 16

Where does the internal jugular run at the exit of the skull?

Answer 16

posterior to the internal carotid

Question 17

what runs anterior to the common carotid at the termination of the root of the neck?

Answer 17

internal jugular

Question 18

what is used for venous access in babies?

Answer 18

external jugular

Question 19

what nerves emerge posterior to the sternocleidomastoid?

Answer 19

branches of the cutaneous cervical plexus

Question 20

what nerve crosses the posterior triangle

Answer 20

accessory nerve