Review Items - Anterior Triangle of the Neck

Review Items - Anterior Triangle of the Neck

Landmarks and osteology:
Skull

Mastoid process (N 4,8,13)
Mandible (N 15)

Mental protuberance (N 2,15)

Inferior border of mandible (N 15)

Angle of the mandible (N 15)
Sternum (N 1, 185)

Jugular notch
Visceral skeleton (N 28,29,77)

Hyoid bone

Thyroid cartilage

     Laryngeal prominence

Cricoid cartilage

Trachea
Cervical triangles: (N 28)
Anterior
Muscular

Carotid

Submandibular

Submental
Posterior

Subclavian (omoclavicular)

Occipital
Deep cervical fascia: (N 35A,35B)
Superficial (investing) layer of deep cervical fascia
Infrahyoid (muscular) fascia
Visceral fascia (pretracheal & buccopharyngeal)
Carotid sheath
Prevertebral fascia
Muscles:
Platysma m. (N 26)
Sternocleidomastoid m. (N 27,28)
Infrahyoid (strap) mm. (N 28,29,31)

Sternohyoid m.

Omohyoid m. (superior & inferior bellies)

Sternothyroid m.

Thyrohyoid m.
Cricothyroid m. (and median ligament) (N 31,74,77)
Nerves:
Cervical plexus

Cutaneous nn. (N 24,31,32,129)

     Lesser occipital n.

     Great auricular n.

     Transverse cervical n.

     Supraclavicular nn.

Motor nn. (N 36,135)

     Ansa cervicalis

          Superior & inferior roots
Cervical branch of facial n. (CN VII) (N 29,51)
Vagus n. (X) (N 132)

Superior laryngeal n. (N 78,79,80)

     External br. (N 74,75,76)

     Internal br. (N 67,74,75,76)

Recurrent laryngeal n. (N 74,75,76)
Hypoglossal n. (XII) (N 32 ,71,128)
Vessels:
Superficial vv.

External jugular v. (N 31,74)

Anterior jugular v. (N 31,74)

Communicating v. (N 31,74)

Jugular venous arch (N 256)
Common & external carotid aa. (N 31,32,33,34)
Superior & inferior thyroid aa. & vv. (N 74,75,76)
Internal jugular v. (N 31)
Middle thyroid v. (N 74)
Superior laryngeal a. (N 74,76)
Thyroid gland: (N 74)
Lobes
Isthmus
Pyramidal lobe
Parathyroid glands (N 75)

Miscellaneous:
Thyrohyoid membrane (N 77)
Tracheoesophageal groove (N 76)
Deep cervical lymph nodes (N 72)
Clinical Terms:
Goiter
Tracheostomy
Cricothyrotomy
Thyroidectomy
Thyroglossal duct cyst
Torticollis