vein and arteries - neck Flashcards
What arteries supply the thyroid gland?
Superior and inferior thyroid arteries
Name arteries and what do they supply?
Inferior and superior thyroid arteries
Supply the thyroid gland
Where does the superior thyroid artery arise from?
External carotid artery
Where does the inferior thyroid artery arise?
The thyrocervical trunk of the subclavian artery
What veins drain the thyroid gland?
The superior, middle and inferior thyroid veins
Where do the thyroid veins arise from?
Thyroid venous plexus
Where do the thyroid superior and middle thyroid veins drain into?
Internal jugular vein
Where does the inferior thyroid vein drain into?
The left or right brachiocephalic vein
What ganglia innervates the thyroid gland? And what type of inner action is it?
The superior middle and inferior cervical ganglia in the neck
Sympathetic
What nerve innervates the thyroid gland? And the 2 branches?
Vagus nerve
- External branch of superior laryngeal nerve
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve
What nerve is shown, what does it branch from and what does it innervate?
External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve
Innervates the thyroid gland
Branches from the vagus nerve
What is the nerve highlighted, what does it innervate and what does it branch from?
Sympathetic or parasympathetic innervation?
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Branches from the vagus nerve
Innervates the thyroid gland
Parasympathetic
What innervates the parathyroid gland?
The superior and middle cervical ganglia - sympathetic
Where do the vertebral arteries arise from?
Subclavian artery
What do the vertebral arteries ascend through?
Transverse processes of the upper 6 vertebrae
What are the primary venous channels of the neck?
internal
External
Anterior
What nerves make the cervical plexus?
Anterior rami of spinal nerves C1-4
What are the cranial nerves of the neck?
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Accessory
Hypoglossal