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
What are the first 3 branches of the external carotid artery?
Name artery ABC and what main artery they stem from
Stem from external carotid artery
What are the main 3 branches of the thyrocervical trunk?
What is the first 3 branches of the subclavian artery?
- Vertebral
- Internal thoracic artery
- Thyrocervical artery
What are the 3 branches is order of the thyrocervical artery?
What does the transverse cervical artery provide?
Trapezius
Rhomboid muscles
Cervical lymph nodes
Latissimus Doris
What are the main branches of the cervical plexus?
Ansa cervicalis
Phrenic nerve
What are the cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus?
What do C1-C3 form from the cervical plexus?
Ansa cervicalis
What does the Ansa cervicalis lie superficially to?
Internal jugular vein
What does the ansa cervicalis innervate?
Infrahyoid muscles
Superior belly of the omohyoid muscle
Inferior belly of omohyoid muscle
Sternohyoid
Sternothyroid
What vertebrae does the phrenic nerve arise?
C3-C5
three four five keep the diaphragm alive
What is the phrenic nerve?
What nerve is highlighted?
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Intrinsic muscle of the larynx
What 2 veins make the external jugular vein?
Make the external jugular vein
Mnemonic for the external carotid artery branches?
Some anatomists like freaking out poor medical students
Branches of the external carotid artery
What are the muscular branches of the cervical plexus?
Anterior
What are the cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus?
Posterior
What lies below the cervical plexus?
Brachial plexus
What nerve is this?
Hypoglossal
Fibres join with C1
What part of the mouth does the hypoglassal nerve innervate?
Tongue
What nerve is superficial to the parotid gland?
The greater auricular nerve
What nerve lies over the sternocleidomastoid muscle to supply anterior parts of the neck?
Transverse cervical nerve
