Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

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KEYWORDS: Peripheral nervous system, Pharynx, Throat, Vasculature.

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Dissection of head and neck from a posterior approach

Pharyngeal blood vessels and nerves

1 .	Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
2 .	Nodose ganglion of vagus nerve
3 .	Internal carotid artery
4 .	Gray rami communicantes (to cervical nerve IV-V, which have been cut away)
5 .	Accessory nerve (XI)
6 .	Superior laryngeal nerve
7 .	Descending branch hypoglossal nerve
8 .	Vagus nerve (X)
9 .	Sternocleidomastoid muscle
10 .	Superficial fascia (deep lamina of external layer)
11 .	Superior horn thyroid cartilage
12 .	Internal jugular vein
13 .	Sympathetic trunk
14 .	Gray rami communicantes (to cervical nerve IV-V)
15 .	Common carotid artery
16 .	Ganglion cervical nerve VI
17 .	Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
18 .	Pharyngeal venous plexus
19 .	Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle
20 .	Superior cervical ganglion
21 .	Body cervical vertebra III (cut in midline)
22 .	Pharyngeal branch of external maxillary artery
23 .	Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
24 .	Pharyngeal plexus vagus nerve
25 .	Ganglion cervical nerve V
26 .	Posterior longitudinal ligament