Neck
1
NervesandVesselsofNeck(continued)
Plate33
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
To geniohyoid muscle
To thyrohyoid muscle
Communication to vagus nerve
Cervical plexus: schema
Transverse cervical nerves
To omohyoid muscle (superior belly)
Ansa cervicalis
Superior root
Inferior root
To sternothyroid muscle
To sternohyoid muscle
To omohyoid muscle (inferior belly)
Supraclavicular nerves
Phrenic nerve
Accessory nerve (XI)
Great auricular nerve
Lesser occipital nerve
To longus capitis and
longus colli muscles
To scalene and levator
scapulae muscles
S
C1
S
C2
S
C3
S
C4
(S = gray ramus from superior
cervical sympathetic ganglion)
To rectus capitis lateralis,
longus capitis, and rectus
capitis anterior muscles
Right anterior dissection
Common carotid artery
Ascending cervical artery
Anterior scalene muscle
Inferior thyroid artery
Suprascapular artery
Dorsal scapular artery
Costocervical trunk
Thyrocervical trunk
Subclavian artery and vein
Thyroid gland (
retracted
)
Middle cervical sympathetic ganglion
Vagus nerve (X)
Vertebral artery
Common carotid artery
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Brachiocephalic trunk
Internal jugular vein (
cut
)
Transverse cervical artery
Internal jugular vein
Phrenic nerve
See±also±
Plate 130
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