Dissection of anterior and lateral regions of neck
Infrahyoid muscles; internal jugular vein; prevertebral fascia, left lateral view
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Dissection of anterior and lateral regions of neck
Infrahyoid muscles; internal jugular vein; prevertebral fascia, left lateral view
The sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles have been removed. The inferior part of the middle layer of cervical fascia has been preserved and its continuity with the prevertebral fascia shown.
- Left pointer: Angle of mandible Right pointer: Posterior facial vein
- External maxillary artery
- Superior deep cervical lymph nodes
- Submandibular gland
- Position of body hyoid bone
- Thyrohyoid muscle
- Superior thyroid artery
- Descending branch hypoglossal nerve
- Ansa hypoglossi
- Superior belly omohyoid muscle
- Sternohyoid muscle
- Superficial cervical artery
- Sternocleidomastoid muscle right
- Inferior deep cervical lymph nodes
- Superficial fascia (middle layer)
- Upper pointer: Clavicle Lower pointer: Subclavius muscle
- Cavity for sternoclavicular articulation
- Cervical nerve III
- Accessory nerve (XI)
- Greater auricular nerve
- Carotid sheath
- Descending cervical branch of ansa hypoglossi
- Internal jugular vein
- Cervical nerve IV
- Anterior supraclavicular nerve
- Branches of cervical nerve IV which join accessory nerve
- Middle scalene muscle and prevertebral fascia
- Phrenic nerve
- Anterior scalene muscle
- Superficial transverse vein
- Area in which middle layer of superficial fascia blends with prevertebral fascia (deep layer of superficial fascia)
- Upper pointer: Superficial fascia deep to trapezius muscle Lower pointer: Clavicular insertion of trapezius muscle
- External jugular vein