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| What are the borders of the posterior triangle of the neck? |
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| Anterior border- SCM; posterior border- trap; inferior border- clavicle |
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| Carotid triangle clinical significance |
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| Anterior to SCM at level of hyoid bone- where we can feel a pulse |
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| True or false- external jugular courses superficially to the SCM |
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| Which nerve innervates the platysma muscle and how would you describe its location? |
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| Facial nerve (CNVII); lies in superficial fascia covering anterolateral neck |
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| Midline muscles of the neck? |
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| Superior medial: mylohyoid; lateral to it: digastric; inferior medial: sternohyoid; lateral to it: omohyoid; deeper than all of these: sternohyoid (inferior) and thyrohyoid (superior) |
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| Submandibular triangle borders |
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| Anterior border: digastric; superior border: mandible |
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| Submandibular triangle contents |
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| submandibular gland + facial artery/vein- passes around mandible anterior to insertion of masseter (pulse point); lingual artery |
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| Into common facial vein, then internal jugular |
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| Branch of cervical plexus, from C2. Sensation to ear and posterior face. Passes along posterior border of SCM |
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| Lingual artery & facial artery are branches of which greater vessel? |
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| What vessels are contained inside the carotid (vascular) sheath? |
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| Common carotid- medially; internal jugular- laterally; vagus n.- posteriorly |
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| Posterior (vertebral muscles, vertebrae, spinal cord); vascular (common carotid; internal jugular, vagus); visceral (esophagus, trachea, thyroid); anterior (infrahyoid muscles) |
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| Vertebral level of carotid bifurcation |
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| First branch of external carotid |
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| Which passes anteriorly, external or internal carotid? |
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| Which nerve supplies the infrahyoid muscles? |
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| Superior laryngeal nerve pierces what structure to supply sensation where? |
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| Thyrohyoid membrane; vocal folds |
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| Recurrent laryngeal nerve passes between what two structures? |
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| Superior thyroid artery from external carotid; inferior from subclavian |
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| Recurrent laryngeal nerves hook around which structures |
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| Left- aorta; right- subclavian |
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| Superior- travels w/ superior thyroid artery; middle- drains into internal jugular; inferior- drains into brachiocephalic |
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| Isthmus of thyroid is at what tracheal ring level? |
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| Arytenoid cartilages sit on what cartilage? |
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| What do arytenoid cartilages do? |
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| Pull on thyroid cartilage for speech and to open the airway |
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| What is referred to as the "mini mandible"? |
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