Osteology

• Cranial base

  • Jugular foramen

• Occipital bone

  • Foramen magnum

  • Occipital condyles

• Temporal bone

  • External opening of carotid canal

  • Styloid process

  • Mastoid process

• Mandible

  • Base

• Hyoid bone

• Clavicle

• Sternum

  • Manubrium

  • Suprasternal (jugular) notch

Cartilaginous structures

• Thyroid cartilage

Cervical triangles

• Anterior

  • Submental

  • Submandibular 

  • Carotid

  • Muscular

Nerves

• Nerve (Erb’s) point of the neck

  • Great auricular n. (C2,3)

• Cervical plexus efferents

  • Ansa cervicalis

    • Superior root

    • Inferior root

• Vagus n. (CN X)

Veins

• Superior vena cava

  • Brachiocephalic v.

    • Internal jugular v.

      • Superior thyroid v.

    • Inferior thyroid v.

  • External jugular v.

Arteries

• Common carotid a.

  • External carotid a.

    • Superior thyroid a.

  • Internal carotid a.

Muscles

• Sternocleidomastoid m

• Platysma m.

• Infrahyoid (strap) mm.

  • Sternohyoid m.

  • Omohyoid m.

    • Superior belly

    • Inferior belly

  • Sternothyroid m.

  • Thyrohyoid m.

• Digastric m.

  • Anterior belly

Visceral compartment

• Thyroid gland

  • Lobes

  • Isthmus