The Neck Flashcards
(41 cards)
What is the vertebra compartment?
Cervical vertebrae and Postural muscles (Prevertebral & Postvertebral muscles)
What is the vascular compartment?
One on each side): contains major blood vessels and the vagus nerve
What is the visceral compartment?
Contains thyroid, parathyroid glands (and part of thymus), Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea & oesophagus
What is the musuclofascial colar?
Encloses the structures




How many cervical vertebrae are there?
7
What kind of joint is present between the occipital condyles and C1 (atlas)?
Atlanto-ocipital articultion
pair of (condyloid) ellipsoid synovial joints
What kind of joint is present between C1 and C2 at the odontoid peg?
Atlantoaxial joint
A pivot joint
What structures pass through the foramen transversarium?
Vertebral arteries & veins, Sympathetic nerve plexus.
What is the vertebra prominens?
The seventh cervical vertebrae (C7)
What is the special feature of the spines of cervical vertebrae?
They are bifid
What curvature exists in the cervical portion of the vertebral column
Cervical lordosis


What is the superior boundary of the anterior triangle?
Inferior border of the mandible
What is the posterior boundary of the anterior triangle?
SCM muscle
What is the anterior boundary of the anterior triangle?
Midline of neck
What is the contents of the anterior triangle
Suprahyoid Muscles: Stylohyoid, Digastric, Mylohyoid, Geniohyoid
Infrahyoid muscles: Omohyoid, Sternohyoid, Thyrohyoid, Sternothyroid
Cranial nerves – 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Common Carotid Bifurcates
Internal Jugular Vein
What is the anterior border of the posterior triangle?
Posterior border of the SCM
What is the posterior border of the posterior triangle?
Anterior border of the trapezius muscle
What is the inferior border of the posterior triangle?
Middle 1/3 of the clavicle
What is the contents of the posterior triangle?
Muscles: Inferior Belly of Omohyloid, Splenius Caopitis, Levator scapulae, Anterior, middle posterior scalenes
Veins – EJV & branches







