1
.
| Occipital artery |
2
.
| Upper pointer: Sternocleidomastoid muscle Lower pointer: Accessory nerve (XI) |
3
.
| Nodose ganglion of vagus nerve |
4
.
| Vagus nerve (X) (retracted posterolaterally) |
5
.
| Internal carotid artery (retracted posterolaterally) |
6
.
| Upper pointer: Carotid body Lower pointer: Carotid body (accessory) |
7
.
| Nerve filaments entering wall of Internal carotid artery at site of carotid sinus |
8
.
| Artery which supplies carotid body |
9
.
| Internal jugular vein |
10
.
| Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle |
11
.
| Internal carotid nerve |
12
.
| Superior laryngeal nerve |
13
.
| Gray rami communicantes (to cervical nerve I-II) |
14
.
| Superior cervical ganglion |
15
.
| Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle |
16
.
| Nerves to carotid body (branches of glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)) |
17
.
| Pharyngeal plexus vagus nerve |
18
.
| Superior horn thyroid cartilage |
19
.
| Superior cardiac branch vagus nerve |
20
.
| Sympathetic trunk |