| 1
.
| Body of mandible |
| 2
.
| Anterior belly digastric muscle |
| 3
.
| Mylohyoid muscle |
| 4
.
| Body hyoid bone (covered by fibrous tissue) |
| 5
.
| Upper pointer: Omohyoid muscle (cut-off) Lower pointer: Sternohyoid muscle (cut-off) |
| 6
.
| Anterior jugular vein |
| 7
.
| Thyroid cartilage (covered by fascia) |
| 8
.
| Fibrous remnant of thyroglossal duct (note accompanying Ievator glandulae thyroideae muscle) |
| 9
.
| Upper pointer: Thyrohyoid muscle left Lower pointer: Cricothyroid branch superior thyroid artery |
| 10
.
| Sternohyoid muscle right |
| 11
.
| Sternocleidomastoid muscle right |
| 12
.
| Prelaryngeal lymph nodes and medial superior thyroid lymphatic vessels |
| 13
.
| Sternohyoid muscle (reflected inferiorly) |
| 14
.
| Veins of submandibular gland |
| 15
.
| Bifurcation of common carotid artery (covered by carotid sheath) |
| 16
.
| Internal jugular vein |
| 17
.
| Superior thyroid artery |
| 18
.
| Descending branch hypoglossal nerve |
| 19
.
| Cervical nerve IV |
| 20
.
| Left pointer: Hyoid branch lingual artery Right pointer: Thyrohyoid branch hypoglossal nerve |
| 21
.
| Branch of descending branch hypoglossal nerve to sternohyoid muscle and superior belly omohyoid muscle |
| 22
.
| Sternocleidomastoid branch superior thyroid artery |
| 23
.
| Anterior branch of superior thyroid artery |
| 24
.
| Ansa hypoglossi |
| 25
.
| Superior belly omohyoid muscle (reflected inferiorly) |
| 26
.
| Sternothyroid muscle |
