Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Dissection of anterior aspect of vertebral column
Cervical region.
Image #220-3
KEYWORDS: Cervical region, Vasculature, Vertebral column.
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Dissection of anterior aspect of vertebral column
Cervical region.
The longus coli, rectus capitis anterior, rectus capitis lateralis, and some of the cervical intertransverse muscles have been cut away. In addition, the transverse processes of the atlas, the axis, and the fifth cervical vertebra have been cut so that the course of the vertebral artery (17) is visible. The artery did not pass through the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra in this specimen.
- Nasal cavity
- Area of insertion of longus capitis muscle
- Nasopharynx
- Longus colli muscle (transected close to insertion on anterior tubercle of atlas)
- Superior cervical ganglion
- Lingual nerve
- Areas of insertion of longus colli muscle on bodies of vertebra C. III - V
- Upper pointer: Position of intervertebral disc uniting vertebra C. IV - V Lower pointer: Body of vertebra C. V
- Internal carotid artery
- Hypoglossal nerve (XII) (emerging from hypoglossal canal)
- Atlanto-occipital joint
- Ventral branch cervical nerve I (branch communicating with hypoglossal nerve cut away)
- Posterior arch of atlas
- Lateral atlantoaxial joint
- Ventral branch cervical nerve II
- Rami communicantes (gray)
- Vertebral artery
- Cervical nerve III
- Anterior intertransverse muscle
- Dorsal branch cervical nerve IV
- Posterior intertransverse muscle
- Ventral branch cervical nerve IV
- Ramus communicans (gray)
- Sympathetic trunk
- Anterior tubercle vertebra C. V
- Cervical nerve VI