Boundaries
What forms the anterior boundary?
Median line of neck
What is the floor formed by in this region?
Two mylohyoid muscles
What forms the floor of this region?
Is it the internal/external jugular vein that is in this region?
What is another name for this region?
Omotracheal
Where is the apex located?
At jugular notch in manubrium
What lymph node is associated with this region?
Submental lymph node
What is the role of the hypoglossal nerve?
Provides motor innervation to intrinsic/extrinsic muscles of tongue
What artery ends up dividing into internal/external carotid arteries?
Common carotid artery
What is this region bound by?
Bounded by superior belly of omohyoid muscle/anterior border of SCM/median plane of neck
What makes up the floor of the anterior region?
Pharynx/larynx/thyroid gland
What forms the base of this region?
Hyoid
What gland is associated with this region?
Submandibular gland
Where is the carotid region bound by?
Bound by superior belly of omohyoid/posterior belly of digastric/anterior border of SCM
What glands are found in this region?
Thyroid & parathyroid glands
What forms the posterior boundary?
Anterior border of SCM
What vein unites with the lymph node in this region?
Small vein
Where is the submandibular gland located?
Between inferior border of mandible/anterior & posterior bellies of digastric muscle
What 2 nerves are associated with this region?
- Spinal accessory nerve
- Vagus nerve
What 2 sets of muscle groups associate with this region (anterior region overall)?
- Infrahyoid muscles
- Suprahyoid muscles
What forms the superior boundary?
What is the vein formed by the union of a lymph node & vein?
Anterior jugular vein
What artery & vein is associated with this region?
Fascial artery + vein
What branches are associated with this region?
- Common carotid artery + branches
- External carotid artery + branches
- Branches of cervical plexus
Out of the two muscle groups, what 2 muscles are part of the contents of the muscular region?
- Sternohyoid
- Sternothyroid