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Psych week 2
Anatomy- Neck
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Graduate
08/19/2018

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Term
What are the borders of the posterior triangle of the neck?
Definition
Anterior border- SCM; posterior border- trap; inferior border- clavicle
Term
Carotid triangle clinical significance
Definition
Anterior to SCM at level of hyoid bone- where we can feel a pulse
Term
True or false- external jugular courses superficially to the SCM
Definition
True
Term
Which nerve innervates the platysma muscle and how would you describe its location?
Definition
Facial nerve (CNVII); lies in superficial fascia covering anterolateral neck
Term
Midline muscles of the neck?
Definition
Superior medial: mylohyoid; lateral to it: digastric; inferior medial: sternohyoid; lateral to it: omohyoid; deeper than all of these: sternohyoid (inferior) and thyrohyoid (superior)
Term
Submandibular triangle borders
Definition
Anterior border: digastric; superior border: mandible
Term
Submandibular triangle contents
Definition
submandibular gland + facial artery/vein- passes around mandible anterior to insertion of masseter (pulse point); lingual artery
Term
Facial vein drainage
Definition
Into common facial vein, then internal jugular
Term
Great auricular nerve
Definition
Branch of cervical plexus, from C2. Sensation to ear and posterior face. Passes along posterior border of SCM
Term
Lingual artery & facial artery are branches of which greater vessel?
Definition
External carotid
Term
What vessels are contained inside the carotid (vascular) sheath?
Definition
Common carotid- medially; internal jugular- laterally; vagus n.- posteriorly
Term
Compartments of Neck
Definition
Posterior (vertebral muscles, vertebrae, spinal cord); vascular (common carotid; internal jugular, vagus); visceral (esophagus, trachea, thyroid); anterior (infrahyoid muscles)
Term
Vertebral level of carotid bifurcation
Definition
CIII-IV
Term
First branch of external carotid
Definition
Superior thyroid artery
Term
Which passes anteriorly, external or internal carotid?
Definition
External
Term
Carotid sinus receptors
Definition
baroreceptors
Term
Carotid bodies receptors
Definition
chemoreceptors
Term
Which nerve supplies the infrahyoid muscles?
Definition
Ansa cervicalis
Term
Superior laryngeal nerve pierces what structure to supply sensation where?
Definition
Thyrohyoid membrane; vocal folds
Term
Recurrent laryngeal nerve passes between what two structures?
Definition
Trachea and esophagus
Term
Blood supply of thyroid
Definition
Superior thyroid artery from external carotid; inferior from subclavian
Term
Recurrent laryngeal nerves hook around which structures
Definition
Left- aorta; right- subclavian
Term
Thyroid veins
Definition
Superior- travels w/ superior thyroid artery; middle- drains into internal jugular; inferior- drains into brachiocephalic
Term
Isthmus of thyroid is at what tracheal ring level?
Definition
3rd
Term
Arytenoid cartilages sit on what cartilage?
Definition
Cricoid
Term
What do arytenoid cartilages do?
Definition
Pull on thyroid cartilage for speech and to open the airway
Term
What is referred to as the "mini mandible"?
Definition
Hyoid bone
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