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What muscle can be found in the Superficial Cervical Fascia?

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Platysma Muscle

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What are the 4 specializations of Deep Cervical Fascia?

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  1. Investing Fascia
  2. Pre-vertebral fascia
  3. Pre-tracheal fascia
  4. Carotid Sheath
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What is envoloped in the pre-vertebral fascia?

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vertebral mm.

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What is enveloped int eh pre-tracheal fascia?

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Trachea, Esophagus, and Thyroid

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What is the posterior part of the pre-tracheal fascia called?

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Buccopharyngeal Fascia

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Which layer of Deep cervical fascia contains contributions from the other 3 layers?

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Carotid Sheath

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What two fascial layers surround the retropharyngeal space?

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Buccopharyngeal fascia (anterior)
Pre-Vertebral Fascia (posterior)
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What is is the superior and inferior extent of the retropharyngeal space?

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Base of the skull to the posterior mediastinum

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Why is the Retroypharyngeal space dangerous?

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Its important in the spread of cancer and infections

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What happens when you flex your right sternocleidomastoid muscle by itself?

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  • Neck Flexes to the Right

- Head rotates up and to the Left

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What happens when you flex your left sternocleidomastoid muscle by itself?

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  • Neck Flexes to the Left

- Head rotates up and to the Right

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What boundary separates the anterior and posterior ∆’s?

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Sternocleidomastoid

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What are the 4 divisions of the anterior ∆?

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  • Submental ∆
  • Submandibular ∆
  • Muscular ∆
  • Carotid ∆
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What are the strap muscles and their innervation?

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aka Infrahyoid muscles

  1. Omohyoid (ansa cervicalis C1-C3)
  2. Sternohyoid (ansa cervicalis C1-C3)
  3. Sternothyroid (ansa cervicalis C1-C3)
  4. Thyrohyoid (C1 branch TRAVELING WITH CN XII)
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What are the two divisions of the ansa cervicalis?

- What nerve roots contribute to these

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Superior Root - contributions from C1

Inferior Root - contributions form C2 and C3

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What is the Arterial supply to the thyroid gland?

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  • Superior Thyroid a. (=> External Carotid)

- Inferior Thyroid a. (=> Thyrocervical trunk of subclavian a.)

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What does the venous drainage of the thyroid gland?

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  • Superior and middle thyroid veins drain to internal Jugular
  • Inferior thyroid vein is the ONLY tributary of the brachiocephalic vein
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What contributions make up the RETROMANDIBULAR Vein?

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Superficial Temporal V. + Maxillary Vein

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What contributions make up the EXTERNAL JUGULAR Vein?

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Retromandibular v. + Posterior Auricular v.

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What vertebral level is the hyoid bone found at?

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C3

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What vertebral level is the thyroid cartilage located at?

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C4/C5

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What vertebral level is the cricoid cartilage located at?

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C6

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What is anterior to the SECOND, THIRD, and FOURTH tracheal rings?

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Isthmus of the Thyroid Gland

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Where does the common carotid bifurcate?

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At the superior border of the thyroid cartilage

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What are the layers of the SCALP from superficial to deep?
1. Skin 2. CT (dense) 3. Aponeurosis 4. Loose CT 5. Periosteum
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T or F: Sinuses in the cranial cavity are formed by 2 layers of Dura Mater?
True
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Where do all sinuses in the cranium terminate?
Jugular Bulb (the beginning of the internal jugular vein)
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What kind of injury usually results in an epidural hemotoma? - vasculature involved
- Localized Blunt Trauma to the Skull - Between SKULL and periosteal layer of the dura - Ruptured Meningeal A.
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What kind of injury usually results in a subdural hemotoma? | - Vasculature involved
- Whip Lash, Shaken Baby Syndrome - Between the meningeal dura and arachnoid - Ruptured Cerebral V.
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Where does blood accumulate in a subarachnoid hemotoma? | - Vasculature involved
- CSF - can do a spinal tap to check since its in the subarachnoid space (between pia and arachnoid) - Cerebral A.
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What sinus do the superior and inferior opthalmic veins drain to?
Cavernous sinus **Possible Spread of Infection**
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What is the weakest point of the skull? | - bones found here
- Pterion Bones: - Frontal - Parietal - Squamous Park of Temporal Bone - Greater Wing of Sphenoid
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What artery is likely to rupture if you get hit hard in the Pterion? - What type of hemotoma would result?
- Middle Meningeal A. | - Epidural Hemotoma
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What two sutures make up the bregma?
Coronal and Sagittal
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What two sutures make up the lambda?
Sagittal and Lambdoid
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What structures are found in the carotid sheath?
- Internal Jugular Vein - Common Carotid A. - Internal Carotid A. - Vagus N.
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T or F: the External Carotid A. is inside the carotid sheath.
FALSE
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What are the branches of the external Carotid a.?
- Superior Thyroid a. - Ascending Pharyngeal a. - Lingual a. - Facial a. - Occipital a. - Posterior auricular a. - Maxillary a. - Superficial Temporal a.
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What two terminal branches are direct branches off of the external carotid?
- Maxillary a. | - Superficial temporal a.
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What Sensory information is obtained from the carotid sinus? | - Nerves
- Baroceptor: senses changes in blood preSSure | - Glossopharyngeal N. (IX)
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What sensory information is obtained from the carotid body?
- Chemoreceptor: senses change in OXYGEN contend | - Vagus n. (X) AND Glossopharyngeal N (IX)
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T or F: if blood is flowing from the cavernous sinus to the internal jugular, it will first have to pass through the sigmoid sinus.
False
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How will an epidural hematoma present on a non-contrast CT?
- Convex and Lens Shaped
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How will a subdural hematoma present on a non-contrast CT?
- Thin and cresent shaped
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How will a subarachnoid hemorrhage present on CT?
- Blood Filling the Sulci | - Blood Filliing Cistern (star shape at base of skull)
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What type of hematoma often presents with an excruciating headache?
Subarachnoid Hematoma
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What type of hematoma often presents with unconciousness --> Lucid phase ---> Rapid deterioration?
Epidural Hematoma
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What type of hematoma may take days or weeks to become symptomatic?
Subdural Hematoma
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What are the contents of the cavernous sinus?
CNs (III, IV, VI, V1, V2) | Internal Carotid
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What are the contents of the carotid ∆?
- Carotid Sheath with Carotid a. - Internal Jugular v. - Vagus n. - Ansa Cervicalis
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What are the contents of the Submandibular ∆?
- Submanidibular Gland - Hypoglossal n. (CN XII) - Nerve to Mylohyoid - Fascial a. and v.
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What are the contents of the muscular ∆?
- Thyroid and parathyroid - infrahyoid mm. - Ansa Cervicalis Terminations - Superior thyroid a. - Sup. Layngeal a. - Int. and ext. Laryngeal nn. - Recurrent laryngeal n.
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KNOW THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ∆'s
KNOW THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ∆'s
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KNOW THE DRAINAGE OF THE SINUSES
KNOW THE DRAINAGE OF THE SINUSES
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What is the only upaired traingle of the anterior ∆s?
Submental ∆

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