Triangles and Root of Neck

Question 1

Fascial planes of the neck

Answer 1

investing 
pretracheal 
carotid
prevertebral
retropharyngeal

Question 2

Investing fascia

Answer 2

surrounds sternocleidomastoid and trap

Question 3

Prtracheal fascia

Answer 3

surrounds trachea and esophagus and thyroid glain

Question 4

Carotid sheath

Answer 4

surrounds common carotid, vagus and internal jugular vein.

Question 5

Positions of the contents of carotid sheath

Answer 5

Carotid is medial and posterior
vagus is posterior
internal jugular is lateral and external

Question 6

Prevertebral fascia

Answer 6

surrounds vertebral column and the deeper musculature of the neck

Question 7

Retropharyngeal space

Answer 7

between prevertebral fascia and pretracheal fasica

Question 8

Torticollis

Answer 8

caused by tearing of sternocleidomastoid during passage of birth

Question 9

Anterior triangles of the neck

Answer 9

submandibular
carotid
submental
muscular

Question 10

Posterior triangle of the nekc

Answer 10

bounded by trap, the posterior sternocleidomastoid and clavicle

Question 11

Two zone in posterior triangle

Answer 11

carefree and careful zone

Question 12

What is in the careful zone?

Answer 12

accessory nerve
brachial plexus
phrenic nerve anterior to anterior scalene
subclavian artery and veins

Question 13

What vein might fill in with people who have congestive heart failure?

Answer 13

jugular

Question 14

None of the head and neck veins have any valves except

Answer 14

internal jugular

Question 15

Nerves that pass out the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Answer 15

accessory
lesser occipital 
greater auricular
transverse cervical 
supraclavicular

Question 16

Erb’s point

Answer 16

where cutaneous neck nerves come to the same spot (roughly)

Question 17

Muscles in posterior triangle of neck

Answer 17

splenius capitis
levator scapula
scalenes

Question 18

What passes over the first rib in between the anterior and middle scalenes?

Answer 18

subclavian artery and brachial plexus

Question 19

Branches of external carotid

Answer 19

3 anterior, 2 posterior ,1 medial

Question 20

3 anterior external carotid artery branches

Answer 20

superior thyroid
lingual
facial

Question 21

2 posterior external carotid artery branches

Answer 21

occipital

posterior auricular

Question 22

1 medial external carotid artery branch

Answer 22

ascending pharyngeal

Question 23

Anterior triangle has 4 ….. muscles and 4 ….muscles

Answer 23

suprahyoid

infrahyoid

Question 24

Suprahyoid muscles

Answer 24

mylohoid
geniohyoid
stylohyoid
digastric muscle (anterior and posterior belly)

Question 25

All four infrahyoid muscles are innervated by

Answer 25

ansa cervicalis

Question 26

The ansa cervicalis loop surrounds the ..

Answer 26

carotid sheath

Question 27

2 prominent lymph nodes in neck

Answer 27

jugulo-digastirc

jugulo-omohyoid