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What is the protuberance (process) indicated by the red arrow?
The Mastoid Process (of the Temporal Bone)
What feature of the mandible is indicated by the red arrow?
The Angle
What are the borders of the Anterior Triangle of the neck?
Posteriorly: the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Superiorly: the inferior border of the Mandible.
Anteriorly, the anterior midline of the neck.
What are the boundaries of the Posterior Triangle of the neck?
Anteriorly: the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Posteriorly: the superior fibres of the Trapezius muscle.
Inferiorly: the medial half of the clavicle.
Identify the location of the Symphysis Menti.
It is the medial ridge above the mental protuberance, indicated by the white arrow.
What nerve is indicated by the white arrow?
The Spinal Accessory Nerve (Cranial Nerve XI)
What muscle is indicated by the white arrow?
The Scalenus Anterior (or Anterior Scalene) muscle
What muscle is indicated by the white arrow?
The Scalenus Medius (or Middle Scalene) Muscle
What is the function of the scalenus (scalene) muscles?
They assist with flexion and lateral flexion of the neck.
Describe the innervation of the scalenus muscles.
They are innervated by anterior rami of cervical spinal nerves.
What nerves are indicated by the white arrow?
The Roots of the Brachial Plexus
What is the artery indicated by the white arrow?
The Subclavian Artery
What is the vein indicated by the white arrow?
The Subclavian Vein
What muscles in the neck does the Subclavian Artery pass between?
It passes laterally between the Anterior and Middle Scalene Muscles (Scaleni Anterior and Medius)
What bones does the Subclavian Vein pass by?
It passes posteriorly to the Clavicle, and anteriorly to the First Rib (and the Anterior Scalene muscle).
What nerve is indicated by the white arrow?
The Phrenic Nerve
What is the source of the Phrenic Nerve?
It arises from the 3rd, 4th and 5th cervical spinal nerves.
What does the Phrenic Nerve innervate?
It supplies motor fibres to the diaphragm.
What is the artery indicated by the white arrow?
The Common Carotid Artery
What is the artery indicated by the white arrow?
The External Carotid Artery.
What is the artery indicated by the white arrow?
The Internal Carotid Artery.
What are the contents of the Carotid Sheath?
The Carotid Arteries
The Internal Jugular Vein
The Vagus Nerve (CN X)
What vessel is indicated by the white arrow?
The Internal Jugular Vein
What nerve is indicated by the white arrow?
The Vagus Nerve (CN X)
What muscle is indicated by the white arrow?
The Sternocleidomastoid
What are the subdivisions of the Anterior Triangle of the neck?
The Carotid Triangle
The Submandibular Triangle
(and the submental and muscular triangles)
What subdivision of the Anterior Triangle of the neck is indicated by the white arrow?
The Carotid Triangle
What subdivision of the Anterior Triangle of the neck is indicated by the white arrow?
The Submandibular Triangle
What are the borders of the Submandibular Triangle?
Superiorly: the inferior border of the mandible.
Inferiorly: the anterior and posterior bellies of the Digastric Muscle.
What are the borders of the Carotid Triangle?
Anteroinferiorly: the superior belly of the Omohyoid Muscle.
Superiorly: the Stylohyoid Muscle and the posterior belly of the Digastric Muscle.
Posteriorly: the anterior border of the Sternocleidomastoid.
What muscle is indicated by the blue arrow?
The posterior belly of the Digastric Muscle
What muscle is indicated by the white arrow?
The superior belly of the Omohyoid Muscle
What vessel is indicated by the white arrow?
The Superior Thyroid Artery.
What structure is indicated by the white arrow?
The Thyroid Gland.
What artery is indicated by the white arrow?
The Lingual Artery
What course does the Lingual Artery characteristically take by the Hyoid Bone?
The Lingual Artery often has a characteristic upward bend just above the greater horn of the Hyoid Bone.
What artery is indicated by the white arrow?
The Facial Artery.
What nerve is indicated by the white arrow?
The Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII)
What does the Hypoglossal Nerve innervate?
The Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII) provides motor innervation to the tongue muscles.
What nerve is indicated by the white arrow?
The Internal Laryngeal Nerve,
a branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve, off the Vagus (CN X).
What does the Internal Laryngeal Nerve innervate?
The Internal Laryngeal Nerve provides sensory and parasympathetic fibres to the mucous membrane of the larynx above the level of the vocal cords.
What gland are indicated by the white arrows?
The Parathyroid Glands
What structure is indicated by the white arrows?
The Thyroid Gland
What nerves are indicated by the white arrows?
The right and left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves.
Why are the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves important to remember for Thyroidectomies?
They need to be protected during surgery to prevent paralysis of the vocal cords.
What muscle is indicated by the white arrow?
The Sternohyoid Muscle.
What muscle is indicated by the white arrow?
The Sternothyroid Muscle
What muscle is indicated by the blue arrow?
The Thyrohyoid Muscle
What feature of the Thyroid is indicated by the white arrows?
The Lateral Lobes.
What feature of the Thyroid is indicated by the white arrow?
The Isthmus
What feature is immediately posterior to the Isthmus of the Thyroid Gland?
The 2nd-4th Tracheal Rings.
What vessels are indicated by the white arrows?
Superior Thyroid Arteries
What vessels are indicated by the white arrows?
Inferior Thyroid Arteries
What does the Inferior Thyroid Artery branch from?
It is a major branch of the Thyrocervical Trunk, off of the Subclavian Artery.
Describe the course of the right Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.
It branches from the Vagus Nerve, wraps around the Subclavian Artery, and re-ascends to its sites of innervation up to the larynx.
Describe the course of the left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.
It branches from the Vagus Nerve, wraps around the Arch of the Aorta, and re-ascends to its sites of innervation up to the larynx.
What muscle is indicated by the white arrows?
The Anterior belly of the Digastric Muscle
What muscle is indicated by the white arrows?
The Posterior Belly of the Digastric Muscle.
What structure is indicated by the white arrows?
The Superficial Part of the Submandibular Gland
What muscle is indicated by the blue arrows?
The Mylohyoid Muscle