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22 Cards in this Set
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What are the boundaries of the Root of the Neck?
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Anterior: Manubrium of Sternum
Inferior: Superior Thoracic Aperture Lateral: First Rib Posterior: Body of the first Thoracic Vertebra |
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What structures pass through the root of the neck?
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Trachea
Esophagus Common Carotid Artery Internal Jugular Vein Vagus Nerve Sympathetic Trunk |
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What muscles are found in the anterior part of the root of the neck?
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Anterior Scalene m.
Prevertebral m. |
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What muscles are found in the posterior part of the root of the neck?
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Middle Scalene m.
Posterior Scalene m. Levator Scapulae m. Splenius Capitis m. |
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What muscle is used to define the three divisions of the subclavian artery?
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The anterior scalene m.
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What arteries are found medial to the anterior scalene muscle?
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Vertebral a.
Internal thoracic a. Thyrocervical trunk (and branches!) |
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What are the branches of the thyrocervical trunk?
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- Suprascapular a.
- Transverse cervical a. - Inferior Thyroid a. (with an ascending cervical branch) - Dorsal Scapular a. (sometimes!) |
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What arteries are found posterior to the anterior scalene muscle?
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Costocervical trunk:
-Deep cervical a. -Highest intercostal a. |
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What areteries are found lateral to the anterior scalene m.?
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Dorsal scapular a. (sometimes!)
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What branches of the external carotid artery are in the occipital triangle?
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SALFO
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Where does thoracid duct empty into the venous system?
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At the junction of Left Internal Jugular Vein and the Subclavian Vein
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Which is more anterior: Right vagus nerve or subclavian artery?
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Right vagus nerve
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Which is more anterior: Left vagus nerve or Left common carotid artery?
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Left vagus nerve
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Which is more anterior: Left vagus nerve or the arch of the aorta?
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Left vagus nerve
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What does the right recurrent laryngeal nerve loop posteriorly around?
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Subclavian artery
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What does the left recurrent laryngeal nerve loop posteriorly around?
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Arch of the aorta
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What muscle does the phrenic nerve run anteriorly to?
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Anterior surface of the anterior scalene
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Where are the sympathetic trunks located?
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On prevertebral muscles posterior to carotid sheath
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What's the stellate ganglion?
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Inferior cervical ganglion fused with the first thoracic ganglion. AKA- cervicothoracic ganglion
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What's anterior to the anterior scalene muscle?
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subclavian v.
suprascapular a. transverse cervical a. ascending cervical a. phrenic n. |
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What's posterior to the anterior scalene muscle? (in the interscalene triangle)
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ventral rami of brachial plexus
subclavian a. (and it's costocervical branch) |
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What does the phrenic nerve originate from?
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C3, C4, C5
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