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Dissection of head and neck from a posterior approach

Pharyngeal blood vessels and nerves

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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