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Anterior triangle - Coggle Diagram
Anterior triangle
boundaries
anterior ; median line of neck
posterior ; ant. border of neck
superior ; inf. border of mandible
superficial/roof ; subcutaneous tissue containing platysma
deep/floor ; pharynx, larynx, thyroid
region
4 smaller triangles by digastic and omohyoid muscle
submental
contents
submental lymph node
anterior jugular vein
submandibular
contents
submandibular gland
submandibular lymph nodes
CN XII = hypoglossal nerve
mylohyoid nerve
part of facial artery and vein
carotid
contents
many arteries
external carotid artery
superior thyroid artery
ascending pharyngeal a.
lingual a.
facial a.
occipital a.
posterior auricular a.
maxillary a.
superficail temporal a.
many veins
internal jugular vein
many nerve
thyroid gland
larynx
pharynx
deep cervical lymph nodes
carotid sheath
CN X
internal jugular vein
common carotid artery
carotid sinus
monitor oxygen in blood
muscular
contents
sternothyroid and sternohyoid
thyroid and parathyroid glands
muscle
hyoid muscle
geniohyoid
stylohyoid
mylohyoid
digastric
anterior belly
posterior belly
infrahyoid muscle
sternohyoid
omohyoid
sternothyroid
thyrohyoid