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What are the three main compartments of the neck?
visceral
vertebral
vascular
What does the visceral compartment house?
trachea, esophagus, thyroid gland
What does the vertebral compartment house?
vertebral column and nuchal muscles
What does the vascular compartment house?
common and internal carotid, internal jugular, vagus
What divides the neck into anterior and posterior?
SCM
What innervates the SCM?
spinal accessory nerve
C2-C3
What is the action of the SCM?
ear to shoulder
and chin to chest
What is torticollis?
shortening of SCM on one side so head tilts
Where does the accessory nerve come through the skull?
the jugular foramen
What muscles does the accessory nerve (XI) supply?
SCM
trapezius
What is the lesser occipital C2?
ascends posterior to SCM to supply Neck and scalp postero-superior to the auricle
What is the great auricular C2-C3?
ascends across SCM to supply skin of parotid gland and around angle of mandible
Where does the transverse cervical come from?
C2-C3
Where does the supraclavicular nerves come from?
C3-C4
What innervates the strap muscles?
branches from C1-C3 ventral rami
What strap muscle is not innervated by ansa cervicalis?
thyrohyoid and geniohyoid
Where does the phrenic nerve mainly originate from?
C4
c3, c5
What artery branches off of the thyrocervical trunk?
transverse cerical artery
suprascapular artery
What structures does the superficial fascia of the neck contain?
platysma m, cutaneous nerves, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels
what are the different types of fascia in the neck?
investing, prevertebral, pretracheal fascia, and Carotid sheath