Triangles Of The Neck Pre-Lab 2

Front 1

What are the contents of the carotid triangle?

Back 1

1) Carotid artery
2) Vagus Nerve
3) Superior/inferior Ansa cervicalis
4) Internal jugular vein
5) Hypoglossal Nerve
6) Accessory Nerve

Front 2

The inferior bulb of the internal jugular vein is located above?

Back 2

The junction between the subclavian vein and internal jugular, right where they meet to make the brachiocephalic vein.

Front 3

The internal jugular vein is a continuation of what?

Back 3

The sigmoid sinus

Front 4

What type of lymph nodes do you see on the internal jugular vein?

Back 4

Deep cervical lymph nodes

Front 5

What do the deep dervical lymp nodes drain?

Back 5

All of the head and the neck

Front 6

What type of deep cervical lymph nodes are there (2)?

Back 6

1) Upper/superior deep cervical lymph nodes

2) Lower/inferior deep cervical lymph nodes

Front 7

What may lead to distension of the internal jugular vein?

Back 7

1) tension pneumothorax
2) cardiac tamponade
3) superior vena cava syndrome

Front 8

What are the branches of the first part of the subclavian artery?

Back 8

1) Vertebral
2) Internal Thoracic
3) Thyrocervical trunk that branch into the Inferior Thyroid, Transverse Cervical, and Suprascapular

Front 9

What are the branches of the second part of the subclavian artery?

Back 9

1) Costocervical Trunk that branches into the deep cervical artery and Supreme/superior intercostal artry

Front 10

What are the branches of the third part of the subclavian artery?

Back 10

It is just a continuation of the deep cervical artery that turns into the dorsal scapular artery that goes and supplies the levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles.

Front 11

What does the deep cervical artery anastomose with?

Back 11

The occipital artery. This is an anastomoses between the subclavian and carotid arterial systems.