For the dissection of the neck, you should find:

Muscles

• platysma
• sternocleidomastoid
• sternothyroid
• sternohyoid
• thyrohyoid
• omohyoid
• cricothyroid
• digastric
• stylohyoid
• mylohyoid
• hyoglossus
• anterior scalene

Nerves

• great auricular
• transverse cervical (colli) nerve
• cervical branch of C.N. VII to the platysma
• hypoglossal (C.N. XII)
• internal branch of superior laryngeal
• external branch of superior laryngeal
• ansa cervicales
• lingual
• phrenic
• vagus
• recurrent laryngeal
• sympathetic chain
• ansa subclavius
• submandibular ganglion

Arteries

• superior thyroid
• common carotid
• external carotid
• internal carotid
• superior laryngeal
• ascending pharyngeal artery
• lingual
• facial
• submental artery
• thyrocervical trunk
• transverse cervical
• suprascapular
• inferior thryoid
• ascending cervical
• vertebral
• internal thoracic
• costocervical trunk

Other

• external jugular vein
• internal jugular vein
• thyroid gland
• submandibular gland and duct
• retromandibular vein

In addition: find the following bony parts:

• hyoid bone
• thyroid cartilage
• cricoid cartilage
• mandible

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John A. McNulty, Ph.D.

Last Updated: Apr 29, 2011 Created: Jan 24, 1997