Review Items - Posterior Triangle of the Neck

Review Items - Posterior Triangle of the Neck

Osteology:
Foramen magnum (N 8)
Occipital condyles (N 8)
Jugular foramen (N 6,8)
Hypoglossal canal (N 6,8)
Carotid canal (external opening) (N 8)
Styloid process (N 4,8)
First rib

Grooves for subclavian a. & v. (N 186)
Transverse foramina of cervical vertebrae (N 18)
Muscles and fascia:
Anterior, middle, posterior scalene mm. (N 28,30,32)
Prevertebral & scalene fascia (N 35)
Interscalene triangle (N 30)
Carotid sheath (review)
Nerves:
Recurrent laryngeal n. (right & left) (N 75,232)
Accessory n. (XI) (N 71,127)
Phrenic n. (N 30,193)
Cervical plexus (N 71 ,128)

Roots (C1-4) (N 71 ,128)
Cervical sympathetic trunk

Superior cervical ganglion (N 129,130)

Middle cervical ganglion (N 129)

Carotid nn. (internal & external, plexus) (N 130)
Brachial plexus (N 30,430)

Roots (C5-T1)

Trunks

Suprascapular n. (N 424,430,477)

Dorsal scapular n. (N 430,477)

Long thoracic n. (N 185 ,430)
Arteries:
Common carotid artery
Carotid bifurcation (N 69,136)

External carotid artery (N 69,136)

Internal carotid artery (N 69,136)
Subclavian a. (N 33,136)
Vertebral a. (N 33,136)

Internal thoracic a. (N 33,136)

Thyrocervical trunk (N 33,136)
     Inferior thyroid a. (N 33,136)

     Transverse cervical a. (N 33,184)

     Suprascapular a. (N 33,427)
Costocervical trunk (N 33,130)

Dorsal scapular a. (N 33,410)
Veins:
Brachiocephalic v. (N 70,74)
Subclavian v. (N 70,75)
Lymphatics:
Deep cervical lymph nodes (superior & inferior groups) (N 72)
Thoracic duct (N 238,239,264)
Clinical Terms:
Subclavian "stick"/central venous line catheterization
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Cervical rib
Scalenus anticus syndrome
Subclavian steal syndrome
Virchow's node
Radical neck dissection
Carotid stenosis & endarterectomy
Horner's syndrome