3.1 Major Blood Vessels of Head and Neck Flashcards
What do the subclavian and common carotid arteries arise from on the right?
Brachiocephalic trunk
Which arteries arise from the subclavian arteries in the base of the neck?
Vertebral
Internal thoracic
Thyrocervical
Does the common carotid artery give off any branches in the neck?
No
It bifurcates to give external and internal carotid arteries
What part of the thyrocervical trunk supplies the neck?
Ascending cervical and transverse cervical
What part of the thyrocervical trunk supplies the shoulder?
Suprascapular
What part of the thyrocervical trunk supplies the lower pole of the thyroid gland?
Inferior thyroid
What is the location of the bifurcation of the common carotid?
Superior border of thyroid cartilage
C4
How can a carotid artery atheroma cause a TIA or stroke?
Atheroma causes narrowing of artery
Rupture of clot can cause an embolus to travel to the brain
What is the carotid sinus and what does it detect?
Swelling at the region of bifurcation that has baroreceptors to detect changes in arterial BP
What does the carotid body detect?
Peripheral chemoreceptors which detect arterial O2
What can be accessed via carotid triangle for surgery?
Carotid arteries
IJV
Vagus nerve
Hypoglossal nerve
How does a carotid sinus massage work?
Apply pressure to terminate a supra ventricular tachycardia
Stimulates vagus to slow down heart
Describe the route of the internal carotid artery
Enters the skull through the carotid canal in petrous part of temporal bone
Turns medially and horizontally
Enters the cranial cavity then makes and S shaped bend
Course through cavernous sinus
Where can the cavernous sinus be found?
On either side of pituitary gland on upper surface of sphenoid
What is in the cavernous sinus?
Internal carotid artery CN III Oculomotor CN IV Trochlear CN VI Abducens CN Va Ophthalmic CN Vb Maxillary