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The vertebral arteries are major arteries of the neck. Typically, the vertebral arteries originate from the subclavian arteries . Each vessel courses superiorly along each side of the neck, merging within the skull to form the single, midline basilar artery .
The external carotid artery is covered by the skin, superficial fascia, platysma muscle, deep fascia, and anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid; it is crossed by the hypoglossal nerve, by the lingual, ranine, common facial, and superior thyroid veins; and by the digastricus and stylohyoideus muscles; higher up it passes deeply into the ...
The carotid sheath is a condensation of the deep cervical fascia [1]: 578 enveloping multiple vital neurovascular structures of the neck, [2] including the common and internal carotid arteries, the internal jugular vein, the vagus nerve (CN X), and ansa cervicalis. [1]: 578 [2] The carotid sheath helps protects the structures contained therein. [2]
This vessel is enclosed within its sheath, together with the internal jugular vein and vagus nerve; the vein lies lateral to the artery on the right side of the neck, but overlaps it below on the left side; the nerve lies between the artery and vein, on a plane posterior to both.
The spinal nerves arise from the spinal column. The top section of the spine is the cervical section, which contains nerves that innervate muscles of the head, neck and thoracic cavity, as well as transmit sensory information to the CNS. The cervical spine section contains seven vertebrae, C-1 through C-7, and eight nerve pairs, C-1 through C-8.
Lateral to the artery, inside the carotid sheath with the common carotid, are the internal jugular vein and vagus nerve. At the lower part of the neck, on the right side of the body, the right recurrent laryngeal nerve crosses obliquely behind the artery; the right internal jugular vein diverges from the artery. On the left side, however, the ...
Arteries of the head and neck (118 P) B. Bones of the head and neck (1 C, 177 P) Busts (sculpture) (4 C, 21 P) C. ... Optic nerve; Orbicularis oculi muscle ...
In other specimens, the mastoid artery is a branch of the occipital artery, rather than the auricular branch. Meningeal branch: supplies the dura mater in the posterior cranial fossa; Descending branches: This is the largest branch. It descends on the posterior aspect of the neck, and divides into a superficial and deep portion.