Neck — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: _____ vocal cords are formed by the upper free margin of the cricovocal ligament/conus elasticus/cricothyroid membrane

Answer: True

Flashcard 62: _____ fascia is attached to the inner border of the 1st rib and posteriorly to the anterior border of the transverse process of the C7 vertebra.

Answer: Sibson's

Flashcard 63: _____ laryngocele occurs when the distended saccule herniates through the thyrohyoid membrane and presents in the neck

Answer: External

Flashcard 64: Structures passing between superior and middle constrictors:_____ nerveStylopharyngeus muscle

Answer: Glossopharyngeal

Flashcard 65: The dome-shaped layer of parietal pleura lining the _____ extension of pleural cavity is called pleural cupola

Answer: cervical

Flashcard 66: Modifications of deep cervical fascia:The _____ is formed anteriorly by pre tracheal fascia and posteriorly by the prevertebral fascia.

Answer: carotid sheath

Flashcard 67: The **superior** parathyroid glands are supplied by the _____ branch of the inferior thyroid artery.

Answer: superior

Extra: While both the superior and inferior parathyroid glands are primarily supplied by the inferior thyroid artery (a branch of the thyrocervical trunk), the superior glands are specifically supplied by its superior branch, and the inferior glands by its inferior branch (or the main trunk).

Flashcard 68: Modifications of deep cervical fascia:The _____ layer forms the roof of the posterior triangle

Answer: investing

Flashcard 69: Modifications of deep cervical fascia:The _____ encloses the parotid and submandibular gland

Answer: investing layer

Flashcard 70: A persistent _____ is a branchial cleft cyst within the lateral neck (anterior to SCM muscle)

Answer: cervical sinus