Anatomy: The Neck

Anatomy · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Comprehensive study of the fascia, triangles, vessels, nerves, viscera and clinical correlations of the neck—the most densely compressed anatomical region of the human body.

What it covers

1. Cervical Fascias
2. · Superficial Cervical Fascia
3. · Deep Cervical Fascia
4. Deep Cervical Spaces
5. Neck Triangles
6. · Anterior Neck Triangle
7. · Posterior Neck Triangle
8. Neck Muscles
9. · Sternocleidomastoid muscle (ECM)
10. · Infrahyoid Muscles (Hyoid Depressors)
11. · Suprahyoid Muscles (Levators of the Hyoid/Mandible)
12. · Scalene Muscles and the Interscalene Triangle
13. · Prevertebral Muscles
14. Vascular Structures of the Neck
15. · Common Carotid Artery (CCA)
16. · Vertebral Artery
17. · Neck Veins
18. Nerves of the Neck
19. · Cervical Plexus
20. · Brachial Plexus
21. · Cranial Nerves in the Neck
22. Cervical Sympathetic Chain
23. Larynx
24. · Laryngeal Cartilages
25. Pharynx and Hypopharynx
26. Thyroid and Parathyroid Gland
27. · Thyroid Gland: Anatomy
28. · Parathyroid Glands
29. Salivary Glands of the Neck
30. Cervical Ganglionic Chains
31. Fundamental Clinical Correlations
32. · Emergency Cricothyrotomy
33. · Tracheostomy: Anatomy of Access
34. · Thyroglossal Cyst
35. Anatomoclinical Integration of the Neck