Vessels and Nerves of the Neck Flashcards
How many pairs of cervical spinal nerves in the dog
8
The 1st cervical spinal nerve passes through…
The lateral vertebral foramen of the atlas
The last 7 cervical spinal nerves pass through…
Intervertebral foramina succeeding the atlas
Where can the 2nd cervical spinal nerve be found
Deep to the middle of the caudoventral border of the platysma, dorsal to the external jugular vein
The 2nd cervical spinal nerve emerges between…
The mastoid part of cleidocephalicus and omotransversarius
The ventral branch of the 2nd cervical spinal nerve divides into
The great auricular nerve and the transverse cervical nerve
The great auricular nerve extends towards…
The ear
What lies in the fork of the external jugular vein
Mandibular salivary gland
Mandibular lymph nodes lie on both sides of the…
Linguofacial vein (external jugular)
Where can the superficial cervical lymph nodes be found
In the areolar tissue cranial to the shoulder, deep to the cervical cleidocephalicus and omotransversarius
The accessory (11th) cranial nerve is found deep to…
The occipital sternocephalicus and cervical cleidocephalicus
Where does the accessory nerve end
Thoracic part of trapezius
What is the only motor nerve to the trapezius
The accessory nerve
What does the accessory nerve supply
The trapezius, part of omo, mastoid and cervical cleido and sternocephalicus
C3 nerve wraps around…
Omotransversarius
The common carotid artery lies dorsal to…
Sternothyroideus
What is bound to the medial side of the common carotid
Vagosympathetic nerve trunk
What lies opposite to the larynx
Retropharyngeal lymph node
The artery and nerve of each intercostal space is divided into…
Dorsal and ventral branches
The dorsal branches of the arteries and nerves of the intercostal space enter into…
Epaxial muscles
The ventral branches of the arteries and nerves of the intercostal space enter into…
Intercostal spaces along the caudal border of each rib
The first 3 intercostal arteries come from…
A branch of the costocervical trunk
The last 9 intercostal arteries come from…
The aorta
What do the perforating branches of the dorsal intercostal arteries supply
The thoracic mammary glands and cutaneous structures
