Triangles and Root of Neck Flashcards
What muscles divides the neck into the two regions? What are the two regions called?
Sternocleidomastoid divides the neck into the Anterior Triangle and the Posterior Triangle
What are the borders (3) of the Anterior Triangle?
- Anterior border of Sternocleidomastoid
- Anterior midline neck
- Inferior border of the mandible
What are the borders (3) of the Posterior Triangle?
- Posterior border of Sternocleidomastoid
- Anterior border of Trapezius
- Middle 1/3 of clavicle
What two muscles create the Scalene Gap? What two structures pass through the Scalene Gap?
Scalene Gap is created by the Anterior Scalene muscle and the Middle Scalene muscle-
- Subclavian a. and Brachial Plexus pass through
What are the two major artery pairs are found in the Root of the Neck? One pair has five paired branches, which artery is this and what are the names of each branches?
Common Carotid a. Subclavian a. - Internal Thoracic a. - Costocervical Trunk - Vertebral a. - Thyrocervical Trunk - Dorsal Scpular a.
What are the three branches of the Thyrocervical Trunk?
- Suprascapular a.
- Transverse Cervical a.
- Inferior Thyroid a.
What are the three major veins found in the Root of the Neck?
- Subclavian v.
- Internal Jugular v.
- Brachiocephalic v.
What two lymphatic structures are found at the venous angles in the Root of the Neck?
- Thoracic duct
- Right lymphatic duct
What are the three nerves found in the Root of the Neck?
- Vagus n.
- Phrenic n.
- Cervical sympathetic trunk
What three viscera are found in the Root of the Neck?
- Trachea
- Esophagus
- Apex of lungs
What is a cervical rib, and what can it compress?
Cervical rib is the development of an extra rib on the 7th cervical vertebra
- Can compress the Subclavian a. and Inferior trunk of the Brachial Plexus within the Scalene Gap
What are the eight muscles found within the Anterior Triangle?
Suprahyoid Muscles:
- Stylohyoid
- Mylohyoid
- Digastric (2 bellies, anterior and posterior)
- Geniohyoid
Infrahyoid Muscles:
- Sternohyoid
- Omohyoid
- Sternohyoid
- Thyrohyoid
What are the actions of the Suprahyoid Muscles and Infrahyoid Muscles?
- Suprahyoid muscles: elevate the hyoid bone
- Infrahyoid muscles: depress/stabilize the hyoid bone
What are the innervations (3) of the Suprahyoid Muscles?
Suprahyoid muscles:
- CN V3: Mylohyoid and Anterior belly of the Digastric
- CN VII: Stylohyoid and Posterior belly of the Digastric
- C1 anterior rami: Geniohyoid
What is the innervation (1) of the Infrahyoid Muscles?
Infrahyoid muscles:
C1-4 anterior rami (Ansa Cervicalis C1-3)
What vessels are found within the Carotid Sheath and in what order?
- Internal Jugular v. (most lateral)
- Vagus n.
- Common Carotid a. and Internal Carotid a. (most medial)
What are the five branches of the External Carotid a. found in the Anterior Triangle?
- Superior Carotid a.
- Ascending Pharyngeal a.
- Lingual a.
- Facial a.
- Occipital a.
What are the three nerve groups found in the Anterior Triangle?
- Cranial nn.
- Cervical Plexus
- Cervical Sympathetic Trunk