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Musclesofheadneck 180911123129
Musclesofheadneck 180911123129
PRESENTED BY:
CHIRAG M A
1ST YEAR PG
Dept of ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
CONTENTS:
• INTRODUCTION
• CLASSIFICATION OF MUSCLES
• FACIAL MUSCLES
• MASTICATORY MUSCLE
• MUSCLES OF NECK
• APPLIED ANATOMY
INTRODUCTION
• Muscles are formed from Myoblasts of the Mesenchyme which forms the bulk of the
mesoderm.
NON STRIATED
INVOULUNTARY
ANTEROLATERAL MUSCLES
OF NECK
WHICH INCLUDES SUPRAHYOID AND
INFRAHYOID MUSCLES.
FACIAL MUSCLE
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF THE SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL, OPHTHALMIC, POSTERIOR AURICULAR AND
OCCIPITAL ARTERIES.
ACTION:
• FRONTALIS: RAISE THE EYEBROWS AND THE SKIN OVER THE ROOT OF THE NOSE, AND AT THE
SAME TIME DRAW THE SCALP FORWARD FORMING TRANSVERSE WRINKLES OF THE
FOREHEAD.
• OCCIPITALIS: IN SOME INDIVIDUALS OCCIPITALIS CAN PULL THE SCALP BACKWARDS, BUT
OTHERWISE IT MERELY ANCHORS THE APONEUROSIS WHEN FRONTALIS ELEVATES THE
EYEBROWS.
APPLIED ANATOMY:
FRONTALIS MUSCLE IS ONE AMONG THE MANY MUSCLES EXAMINED TO CHECK THE
FUNCTIONING OF FACIAL NERVE. TRANSVERSE WRINKLES ON THE FOREHEAD ARE
ABSENT WHEN THE PATIENT IS ASKED TO LOOK UPWARDS WITHOUT MOVING HIS
HEAD IN CASES OF INFRANUCLEAR LESIONS OF THE FACIAL NERVES.
MUSCLES OF AURICLES
1. AURICULARIS ANTERIOR
2. AURICULARIS SUPERIOR
3. AURICULARIS POSTERIOR
MUSCLE ORIGIN INSERTION ACTION NERVE SUPPLY
POSTERIOR
AURICULARIS TEMPORAL PULLS EAR
ABOVE EAR AURICULAR
SUPERIOR FASCIA UPWARDS
BRANCH
POSTERIOR
AURICULARIS MASTOID BEHIND THE PULLS EAR
AURICULAR
POSTERIOR PROCESS EAR BACKWARDS
BRANCH
1. ORBICULARIS OCULLI
2. CORRUGAROR SUPERCILLI
4. Extraocular muscles
ORBICULARIS OCULLI:
IT HAS 3 PARTS:
I. ORBITAL
II. PALPEBRAL
III. LACRIMAL
PART OF MUSCLE ORIGIN INSERTION
ORBITAL MAJORLY FROM NASAL PART OF LATERAL PALPERBRAL LIGAMENT
MAXILLA AND FRONTAL PROCESS
OF MAXILLA
ACTION:
THE MAJOR ACTION OF MUSCLES
HELP IN OPENING AND CLOSING OF EYELIDS.
APPLIED ANATOMY:
PARALYSIS OF ORBICULARIS OCULLI LEADS TO DROOPING OF EYELID AND INABILITY
TO CLOSE THE EYE; HENCE EXCESSIVE TEARING WILL BE NOTED.
CORRUGATOR SUPERCILLI:
NERVE SUPPLY:
temporal BRANCH OF FACIAL NERVE.
LEVATOR PALPEBRAL SUPERIORIS:
4 RECTI MUSCLES:
• SUPERIOR RECTUS
• INFERIOR RECTUS
• MEDIAL RECTUS
• LATERAL RECTUS
2 OBLIQUE MUSCLES:
• SUPERIOR OBLIQUE
• INFERIOR OBLIQUE
RECTIC Muscle:
BLOOD SUPPLY:
All extraocular muscles are supplied by Ophthalmic artery.
ACTION:
• Levator palpebrae superioris: antagonist of orbicular oculi as it raises the eyelid
• Other extraocular muscles
HELPS IN MOVEMENT OF EYE.
ASSESSMENT OF MUSCLE
ENTRAPMENT FOLLOWING
TRAUMA OF MID-FACE REGIONS.
MUSCLES OF NOSE
ACTION:
DRAWS DOWN MEDIAL ANGLE
OF EYEBROWS PRODUCING
TRANSVERSE WRINKLES OVER BRIDGE
OF NOSE.
NASALIS:
IT HAS 2 PARTS
ACTION:
PULLS NOSE
INFERIORLY
NREVE SUPPLY:
ALL THE MUSCLES OF NOSE ARE SUPPLIED BY BUCCAL BRANCH OF FACIAL
NERVE.
BLOOD SUPPLY
• PROCERUS IS SUPPLIED MAINLY BY BRANCHES FROM THE FACIAL
ARTERY
• NASALIS IS SUPPLIED BY THE INFRAORBITAL BRANCH OF THE
MAXILLARY ARTERY
• DEPRESSOR SEPTI IS SUPPLIED BY THE SUPERIOR LABIAL BRANCH OF
THE FACIAL ARTERY
MUSCLES AROUND THE MOUTH
• ORBICULARIS ORIS
• LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS
• LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE NASI
• ZYGOMATICUS MAJOR
MUSCLES FOUND • ZYGOMATICUS MINOR
AROUND MOUTH • LEVATOR ANGULI ORIS
ARE: • DEPRESOR ANGULI ORIS
• DEPRESOR LABII INFERIORIS
• MENTALIS
• RISORIUS
• BUCCINATOR
ORBICULARIS ORIS:
THE ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE IS A COMPLEX OF MUSCLES IN THE LIPS THAT
ENCIRCLES THE MOUTH.
• IT ARISES FROM
• ANTERIOR SURFACE OFMAXILLA
• ANTERIOR SURFACE OFMANDIBLE
• MODIOLUS
• ANGULAR HEAD
• INTERMEDIATE
HEAD/INFRAORBITAL
HEAD
• ZYGOMATIC HEAD
• ARISES FROM THE FRONTAL PROCESS OF THE MAXILLA.
ANGULAR HEAD: • INSERTS INTO THE GREATER ALAR CARTILAGE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS IS SUPPLIED BY THE FACIAL ARTERY AND THE
INFRAORBITAL BRANCH OF THE MAXILLARY ARTERY.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• INFERIOR LABIAL BRANCH OF THE FACIAL ARTERY
AND THE MENTAL BRANCH OF THE MAXILLARY
ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
• DRAWS THE LOWER LIP DOWNWARDS AND
LATERALLY, AS IN EXPRESSION OF IRONY.
DEPRESSOR ANGULI ORIS /
TRIANGULARIS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
• ARISES FROM THE OBLIQUE LINE OF THE
MANDIBLE.
• INSERTS INTO THE ANGLE OF THE MOUTH.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• INFERIOR LABIAL BRANCH OF THE FACIAL
ARTERY AND THE MENTAL BRANCH OF THE
MAXILLARY ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
• DEPRESSES ANGLE OF MOUTH MEDIALLY
ALONG WITH PLATYSMA.
MENTALIS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
• ARISES FROM THE INCISIVE FOSSA OF THE
MANDIBLE.
• INSERTS INTO THE INTEGUMENT OF THE CHIN.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• INFERIOR LABIAL BRANCH OF THE FACIAL ARTERY
AND THE MENTAL BRANCH OF THE MAXILLARY
ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
• RAISES AND PROTRUDES THE LOWER LIP AND AT
THE SAME TIME WRINKLES THE SKIN OF THE
CHIN, EXPRESSING DOUBT.
BUCCINATOR
INSERTION:
• THE FIBRES CONVERGE TOWARDS THE ANGLE OF
THE MOUTH.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• BRANCHES FROM THE FACIAL ARTERY
AND THE BUCCAL BRANCH OF THE
MAXILLARY ARTERY.
ACTION:
• COMPRESSES THE CHEEKS SO THAT
DURING MASTICATION THE FOOD IS KEPT
UNDER IMMEDIATE PRESSURE OF THE
TEETH.
• HENCE IT IS CALLED AS ACCESSORY
MUSCLE OF MASTICATION.
RISORIUS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
• ARISES IN THE FASCIA OVER MASSETER AND
PASSES HORIZONTALLY FORWARD ABOVE THE
PLATYSMA.
• INSERTS INTO THE SKIN OF THE ANGLE OF
THE MOUTH.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• SUPPLIED MAINLY BY THE SUPERIOR LABIAL
BRANCH OF THE FACIAL ARTERY.
ACTION:
• RETRACTS THE ANGLE OF THE MOUTH AND
HELPS IN PRODUCING UNPLEASANT GRINNING
EXPRESSION.
MODIOLUS
TYPE A: MODIOLUS
LATERAL TO THE
TYPE B: MODIOLUS
ANGLE OF THE
ABOVE THE ANGLE
MOUTH TYPE C: MODIOLUS
*CLINICAL ANATOMY 2:29-134(1989); VARIATIONS IN THE FACIAL BELOW THE ANGLE
MUSCLES AT THE ANGLE OF THE MOUTH – KAZUYUKI
SHIMADA AND RAYMOND F. GASSER
COMMON FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
I. SMILING & LAUGHING: ZYGOMATICS MAJOR
(1) SUPRANUCLEAR LESIONS IN THE CORTICO NUCLEAR FIBERS FROM THE FRONTAL LOBE,
VARIABLY COMBINED WITH NUMEROUS OTHER DESCENDING FIBERS CONVERGING IN
THE FACIAL NUCLEUS.
AETIOLOGY:
SIGNS:
1. MASSETER
2. TEMPORALIS
3. MEDIAL PTERYGOID
4. LATERAL PTERYGOID
MASSETER
IT IS A QUADRILATERAL MUSCLE THAT COVERS THE
LATERAL SURFACE OF RAMUS OF MANDIBLE.
SUPERIFICIAL PART:
ORIGINATES FROM THE ANTERIOR 2/3RD OF
LOWER BORDER OF ZYGOMATIC ARCH AND
INSERTS INTO LOWER PART OF LATERAL SURFACE
OF RAMUS.
DEEP LAYER:
ORIGINATES FROM THE DEEP SURFACE OF
ZYGOMATIC ARCH AND INSERTS INTO THE REST
OF RAMUS OF THE MANDIBLE.
• NERVE SUPPLY:
MASSETERIC NERVE WHICH IS
BRANCH OFANTERIOR DIVISION
OF MANDIBULAR NERVE.
• BLOOD SUPPLY:
SUPPLIED BY THE MASSETERIC
BRANCH OF THE MAXILLARY
ARTERY, THE FACIAL ARTERY AND
THE TRANSVERSE FACIAL BRANCH
OF THE SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL
ARTERY.
• ACTION:
ELEVATES THE MANDIBLE TO
CLOSE THE MOUTH.
TEMPORALIS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
• BLOOD SUPPLY:
SUPPLIED BY THE DEEP TEMPORAL
BRANCHES FROM THE SECOND PART OF THE
MAXILLARY ARTERY.
• ACTIONS:
ELEVATES THE MANDIBLE TO CLOSE THE
MOUTH.
POSTERIOR FIBRES RETRACT THE PROTRUDED
MANDIBLE.
SIDE TO SIDE GRINDING MOVEMENT
MEDIAL PTERYGOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
• BLOOD SUPPLY:
MEDIAL PTERYGOID DERIVES ITS MAIN
ARTERIAL SUPPLY FROM THE PTERYGOID
BRANCHES OF THE MAXILLARY ARTERY.
• ACTIONS:
ELEVATES MANDIBLE
PROTRUSION OF MANDIBLE
SIDE TO SIDE GRINDING MOVEMENTS
LATERAL PTERYGOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
• BLOOD SUPPLY:
LATERAL PTERYGOID IS SUPPLIED BY PTERYGOID
BRANCHES FROM THE MAXILLARY ARTERY.
• ACTIONS:
DEPRESSES MANDIBLE TO OPEN THE MOUTH
ALONG WITH SUPRAHYOID MUSCLE.
LATERAL AND MEDIAL PTERYGOIDS PROTRUDE THE
MANDIBLE.
LEFT LATERAL PTERYGOID AND RIGHT MEDIAL
PTERYGOID TURN THE CHIN TO THE LEFT SIDE AND
VICE VERSA.
APPLIED ANATOMY
• MASSETERIC HYPERTROPHY:
IT IS RECOGNIZED AS AN ENLARGEMENT
OF ONE OR BOTH MASSETER MUSCLES.
MOST PATIENTS COMPLAIN OF FACIAL
ASYMMETRY.
CONSISTS OF 3 MUSCLES:
I. PLATYSMA
II. TRAPEZIUS
III. STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
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PLATYSMA
INSERTION:
ANTERIOR FIBRES TO THE BASE
OF THE MANDIBLE.
POSTERIOR FIBRES TO THE
SKIN OF THE LOWER FACE AND
LIP AND MAYBE CONTINUOUS
WITH THE RISORIUS.
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NERVE SUPPLY:
CERVICAL BRANCH OF
FACIAL NERVE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BY THE SUBMENTAL BRANCH
OF THE FACIAL ARTERY AND
BY THE SUPRASCAPULAR
ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
• DEPRESSES MANDIBLE.
• PULLS THE ANGLE OF THE
MOUTH DOWNWARDS AS
IN HORROR OR SURPRISE.
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TRAPEZIUS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION
ORIGIN: SPINOUS PROCESS OF
VERTEBRAE C7-T12.
INSERTION: EXTERNAL OCCIPITAL
PROTRUBERANCE AND SPINE OF
SCAPULA.
NERVE SUPPLY:
ACCESSORY NERVE AND CERVICAL
NERVES C3 AND C4.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF OCCIPITAL ARTERY,
SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
ROTATION, RETRACTION, ELEVATION
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AND DEPRESSION OF SCAPULA.
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF THE OCCIPITAL AND
POSTERIOR AURICULAR AND THE
SUPRASCAPULAR ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
• ACTING ALONE, EACH
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE
WILL TILT THE HEAD TOWARDS
THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND FLEXES
LATERALLY TO THE SAME SIDE.
• ACCESSORY MUSCLES OF
RESPIRATION, ALONG WITH
SCALENE MUSCLES
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SUPRAHYOID MUSCLES
SUPRAHYOID MUSCLES
INCLUDE:
1. DIGASTRIC
2. STYLOHYOID
3. MYLOHYOID
4. GENIOHYOID
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DIGASTRIC
IT HAS TWO BELLIES UNITED BY AN
INTERMEDIATE TENDON.
ORIGIN:
• ANTERIOR BELLY: ORIGINATES
FROM THE DIGASTRIC FOSSA
OF MANDIBLE.
• POSTERIOR BELLY: ORIGINATES
FROM MASTOID NOTCH OF
TEMPORAL BONE.
INSERTION:
• BOTH THESE BELLIES MEET AT
THE INTERMEDIATE TENDON
WHICH PERFORATES THE
STYLOHYOID AND IS HELD BY A
FIBROUS PULLEY TO THE HYOID
BONE.
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NERVE SUPPLY:
• ANTERIOR BELLY: NERVE TO
MYLOHYOID
• POSTERIOR BELLY: FACIAL
NERVE
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• THE POSTERIOR BELLY IS
SUPPLIED BY THE
POSTERIOR AURICULAR
AND OCCIPITAL ARTERIES.
• THE ANTERIOR BELLY
RECEIVES ITS BLOOD
SUPPLY FROM THE
SUBMENTAL BRANCH OF
THE FACIAL ARTERY
ACTION:
• DEPRESSES MANDIBLE
WHILE OPENING MOUTH
OR AGAINST RESISTANCE.
• ELEVATES HYOID BONE
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STYLOHYOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGINATES FROM POSTERIOR
SURFACE OF STYLOID PROCESS.
INSERTION INTO THE JUNCTION OF
BODY AND GREATER CORNUA OF
HYOID BONE.
NERVE SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF FACIAL NERVE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF THE FACIAL, POSTERIOR
AURICULAR AND OCCIPITAL ARTERIES.
ACTIONS:
PULLS HYOID BONE UPWARDS AND
BACKWARDS.
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MYLOHYOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN FROM MYLOHYOID LINE OF
THE MANDIBLE AND INSERTS ON
BODY OF HYOID BONE.
NERVE SUPPLY:
NERVE TO MYLOHYOID
BLOOD SUPPLY:
THE SUBLINGUAL BRANCH OF THE
LINGUAL ARTERY, MYLOHYOID
BRANCH OF THE INFERIOR ALVEOLAR
ARTERY AND THE SUBMENTAL BRANCH
OF THE FACIAL ARTERY.
ACTION:
HELPS IN DEPRESSION OF MANDIBLE
AND ELEVATION OF HYOID BONE.
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GENIOHYOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGINATES FROM INFERIOR
MENTAL SPINE (GENIAL
TUBERCLES) AND INSERTS TO
ANTERIOR SURFACE OF HYOID
BONE.
NERVE SUPPLY:
HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
DERIVED FROM THE LINGUAL
ARTERY.
ACTION:
ELEVATES THE HYOID BONE.
DEPRESSES THE MANDIBLE WHEN
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HYOID IS FIXED.
INFRAHYOID MUSCLES
INFRAHYOID MUSCLES
INCLUDES:
1. THYROHYOID
2. OMOHYOID
3. STRENOTHYROID
4. STERNOHYOID
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THYROHYOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
IT ARISES FROM THE OBLIQUE LINE
ON THE LAMINA OF THE THYROID
CARTILAGE, AND IS INSERTED INTO
THE LOWER BORDER OF THE GREATER
CORNI OF THE HYOID BONE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF SUPERIOR THYROID
ARTERY.
NERVE SUPPLY:
HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE.
ACTION:
SMALL SKELETAL MUSCLE ON THE
NECK WHICH DEPRESSES THE HYOID
AND ELEVATES THE LARYNX.
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OMOHYOID
NERVE SUPPLY:
• BY SUPERIOR ROOT OF THE ANSA
CERVICALIS.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
• SUPPLIED BY BRANCHES FROM THE
SUPERIOR THYROID AND LINGUAL ARTERIES.
ACTIONS:
• DEPRESSION AND ELEVATION DURING
SWALLOWING OR IN VOCAL MOVEMENTS.
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STERNOHYOID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGINS FROM POSTERIOR
SURFACE OF MANUBRIUM STERNI
AND INSERTS INTO MEDIAL PART OF
LOWER BORDER OF HYOID BONE.
NERVE SUPPLY:
ANSA CERVICALIS
BLOOD SUPPLY:
SUPPLIED BY BRANCHES FROM THE
SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY.
ACTIONS:
DEPRESSES THE HYOID BONE
FOLLOWING ELEVATION DURING
SWALLOWING AND VOCAL
MOVEMENTS.
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STERNOTHYROID
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN FROM POSTERIOR SURFACE OF
MANUBRIUM STERNI AND ADJOINING PART
OF FIRST COSTAL CARTILAGE AND INSERTS
INTO OBLIQUE LAMINA OF THE THYROID
CARTILAGE.
NERVE SUPPLY:
HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
SUPPLIED BY BRANCHES FROM THE
SUPERIOR THYROID AND LINGUAL ARTERIES.
ACTIONS:
• DEPRESSES HYOID BONE.
• ELEVATES THE LARYNX WHEN THE HYOID
IS FIXED BY THE SUPRAHYOID MUSCLE.
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ANTERIOR VERTEBRAL MUSCLES
IT CONSISTS OF 4 MUSCLES:
1. LONGUS COLLI
2. LONGUS CAPITIS
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LONGUS COLLI
IT IS SITUATED ON THE ANTERIOR SURFACE
OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
ASCENDING PHARYNGEAL AND
VERTEBRAL ARTERIES.
NERVE SUPPLY:
FROM C2-C6
ACTIONS:
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FLEXION OF NECK.
LONGUS CAPITIS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN: TRANSVERSE PROCESSES OF
THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH
CERVICAL VERTEBRAE.
INSERTION: BASILAR PART OF THE
OCCIPITAL BONE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF THE ASCENDING
CERVICAL ARTERY.
NERVE:
BARNCHES OF C1-C3/C4
ACTIONS:
FLEXION OF NECK AT ATLANTO-
OCCIPITAL JOINT.
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RECTUS CAPITIS ANTERIOR
IT IS A SHORT, FLAT MUSCLE, SITUATED
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE UPPER PART
OF THE LONGUS CAPITIS.
NERVE SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF C1, C2.
ACTION:
AIDS IN FLEXION OF NECK.
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RECTUS CAPITIS LATERALIS
NERVE:
BRANCHES OF C1, C2
ACTIONS:
LATERAL FLEXION, STABILISE
ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT
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LATERAL VERTEBRAL MUSCLES
IT CONSISTS OF SCALENI
MUSCLES:
1. SCALENUS ANTERIOR
2. SCALENUS MEDIUS
3. SCALENUS POSTERIOR
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SCALENUS ANTERIOR
IT LIES DEEPLY AT THE SIDE OF THE NECK,
BEHIND THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
MUSCLE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
ASCENDING CERVICAL BRANCH OF
INFERIOR THYROID ARTERY
NERVE:
CERVICAL NERVES (C3-C7)
ACTIONS:
ELEVATION OF FIRST AND SECOND RIBS
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SCALENUS MEDIUS
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN: ARISES FROM THE POSTERIOR
TUBERCLES OF THE LOWER SIX CERVICAL
VERTEBRAE.
INSERTION: UPPER SURFACE OF THE 1ST
RIB.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
SUPPLIED BY THE ASCENDING CERVICAL
BRANCH OF THE INFERIOR THYROID
ARTERY.
NERVE SUPPLY:
FROM BRANCHES OF C4-C6.
ACTIONS:
ELEVATES THE FIRST RIB AND LATERALLY
FLEX THE NECK TO THE SAME SIDE.
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SCALENUS POSTERIOR
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN: ARISES FROM POSTERIOR
TUBERCLES OF THE LOWER THREE
CERVICAL VERTEBRAE.
INSERTION: INSERTED BY TENDON
INTO THE OUTER SURFACE OF 2ND
RIB.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
ASCENDING CERVICAL A BRANCH
OF INFERIOR THYROID ARTERY
NERVE SUPPLY:
FROM BRANCHES OF C4-C6.
ACTIONS:
ELEVATES THE 2ND RIB AND TILT
THE
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SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLES
THE SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLES ARE A
GROUP OF MUSCLES DEFINED BY
THEIR LOCATION TO THE OCCIPUT.
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OBLIQUUS CAPITIS INFERIOR 101
RECTUS CAPITUS POSTERIOR MAJOR
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN: SPINOUS PROCESS OF THE
AXIS (C2)
INSERTION: INFERIOR NUCHAL LINE
OF THE OCCIPITAL BONE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCH OF OCCIPITAL ARTERY
NERVE SUPPLY:
BRANCH OF SUB-OCCIPITAL NERVE
ACTIONS:
IPSILATERAL ROTATION OF HEAD AND
EXTENSION
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RECTUS CAPITUS POSTERIOR MINOR
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN: TUBERCLE ON THE POSTERIOR
ARCH OF THE ATLAS
INSERTION: MEDIAL PART OF THE
INFERIOR NUCHAL LINE OF THE OCCIPITAL
BONE.
BLOOD SUPPLY:
BRANCH OF OCCIPITAL ARTERY
NERVE SUPPLY:
BRANCH OF THE SUBOCCIPITAL NERVE
ACTIONS:
EXTENDS THE HEAD AT THE NECK.
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OBLIQUUS CAPITIS INFERIOR
ORIGIN AND INSERTION:
ORIGIN: SPINOUS PROCESS OF
THE AXIS
INSERTION: LATERAL MASS OF
ATLAS
BLOOD SUPPLY:
DEEP DESCENDING BRANCH OF
THE OCCIPITAL ARTERY.
NERVE:
BRANCH OF SUBOCCIPITAL
NERVE.
ACTIONS:
ROTATION OF HEAD AND NECK.
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OBLIQUUS CAPITIS SUPERIOR
BLOOD SUPPLY:
DEEP DESCENDING BRANCH OF
THE OCCIPITAL ARTERY.
NERVE SUPPLY:
BRANCHES OF SUBOCCIPITAL
NERVE.
ACTION:
EXTENDS HEAD AND FLEX HEAD
TO THE IPSILATERAL SIDE.
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TRIANGLES OF NECK
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOIDEUS
DIVIDES THIS SPACE INTO
TWO TRIANGLES.
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ANTERIOR TRIANGLE
BOUNDARIES:
1. DIGASTRIC
2. SUBMENTAL
3. MUSCULAR
4. CAROTID TRIANGLES
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DIGASTRIC TRIANGLE
BOUNDARIES:
ANTERO-INFERIORLY – ANTERIOR
BELLY OF DIGASTRIC
POSTERO-INFERIORLY – POSTERIOR
BELLY OF DIGASTRIC
SUPERIORLY (BASE) – BASE OF THE
MANDIBLE
POSTERIOR PART:
• LOWER PART OF PAROTID.
• EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY.
• GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE
• STYLOID PROCESS.
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SUBMENTAL TRIANGLE
BOUNDARIES:
ON EACH SIDE BY THE ANTERIOR
BELLY OF DIGASTRIC MUSCLES.
BASE: BODY OF HYOID
APEX: LIES AT THE CHIN.
FLOOR: RIGHT AND LEFT
MYLOHYOID AND MEDIAN RAPHE
UNITING THEM.
CONTENTS:
• 2-4 SUBMENTAL NODES
• ANTERIOR BELLIES OF
DIGASTRIC MUSCLES.
• SUBMENTAL VEIN.
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MUSCULAR TRIANGLE
BOUNDARIES:
ANTERIORLY: ANTERIOR MEDIAN
LINE OF THE NECK FROM THE
HYOID BONE TO THE STERNUM.
POSTERO-SUPERIORLY: SUPERIOR
BELLY OF OMOHYOID
POSTERO-INFERIORLY: ANTERIOR
BORDER OF THE
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID.
BOUNDARIES:
ANTERO-SUPERIORLY – POSTERIOR
BELLY OF DIGASTRIC AND
STYLOHYOID
ANTERO-INFERIORLY – SUPERIOR BELLY
OF OMOHYOID
POSTERIORLY – ANTERIOR BORDER OF
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID.
ROOF:
SKIN, SUPERFICIAL FASCIA, INVESTING
LAYER OF DEEP CERVICAL FASCIA.
FLOOR:
THYROHYOID, HYOGLOSSUS, MIDDLE
AND INFERIOR CONSTRICTOR
MUSCLES.
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CONTENTS OF CAROTID TRIANGLE
ARTERIES: CCA, ICA, ECA AND BRANCHES (SUPERIOR THYROID, LINGUAL,
FACIL, ASCENDING PHARYNGEAL AND OCCIPITAL BRANCHES.
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POSTERIOR TRIANGLE
BOUNDARIES:
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DEVISIONS OF POSTERIOR
TRIANGLE
I. OCCIPITAL TRIANGLE.
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OCCIPITAL TRIANGLE
BOUNDARIES:
ANTERIORLY – SCM
POSTERIORLY – TRAPEZIUS
INFERIORLY – LOWER BELLY OF
OMOHYOID
BOUNDARIES:
SUPERIORLY – INFERIOR BELLY OF
OMOHYOID
INFERIORLY – CLAVICLE
ANTERIORLY (BASE) – POSTERIOR
BORDER OF SCM
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• THE MOST COMMON SWELLING IN THE POSTERIOR TRIANGLE IS
DUE TO ENLARGEMENT OF SUPRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODES. IT
COULD ALSO BE DUE TO LIPOMA CYSTIC HYGROMA OR
LYMPHANGIOMA, PHARYNGEAL POUCH OR A CERVICAL RIB.
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SUPRACLAVICULAR FLAP:
IT IS A FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP BASED ON SUPRACLAVICULAR
ARTERY, A BRANCH OF THE TRANSVERSE CERVICAL ARTERY. IT IS A
THIN AND EASY TO HARVEST, WITH GOOD COSMETIC AND
FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF COMPLEX
HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGIC DEFECTS.
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PLATYSMA FLAP:
THE PLATYSMA FLAP MAY BE USED TO CLOSE DEFECTS ON THE
FACE. DISADVANTAGE OF THIS FLAP IS REMOVAL OF THE
PLATYSMA INTERFERES WITH THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE
OVERLYING SKIN AND CAN LEAD TO NECROSIS OF SKIN.
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SUBMENTAL FLAP:
ITS USE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF BUCCAL DEFECTS. IT PROVIDES
A RELIABLE FLAP WITH GOOD REACH AND MINIMAL DONOR SITE
MORBIDITY . DONOR DEFECT CAN BE CLOSED PRIMARILY ON THE
DONOR SITE SCAR IS HIDDEN UNDER THE MANDIBLE.
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MYLOHYOID ADVANCEMENT
FLAP:
IT IS USED IN THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF
COMPOSITE ORAL CAVITY
DEFECTS. THE MYLOHYOID IS
RELEASED FROM THE
MENTAL SPINE. THE
MUSCULAR FLAP IS THEN
TRANSPOSED INTRAORALLY
AND DRAPED OVER
THE SURFACE OF THE RIM
MANDIBULECTOMY, FILLING
THE VERTICAL
HEIGHT OF THE DEFECT.
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STERNOMASTOID FLAP:
THE SKIN PADDLE OF SUPERIORLY BASED STERNOMASTOID
FLAP IS HAIRLESS AND THIN AND IS AN IDEAL
RECONSTRUCTIVE OPTION FOR MEDIUM SIZED CHEEK
DEFECTS.
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TRAPEZIUS MYOCUTENEOUS FLAP:
IT CAN BE USED FOR RECONSTRUCTING DEFECTS OF HEAD AND
NECK REGION AND UPPER BACK. ITS LOCATION MAKES IT THE
FLAP OF CHOICE FOR DEFECTS OF THE OCCIPITAL, PAROTID AND
CERVICAL SPINE REGIONS.
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CONCLUSION:
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REFERENCES
• B.D CHAURASIA’S HUMAN ANATOMY
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• PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
AND ONCOLOGY BY PETER H. RHYS EVANS
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• MYLOHYOID ADVANCEMENT FLAP FOR CLOSURE OF
COMPOSITE ORAL CAVITY DEFECTS BY RAJA SAWHNEY.
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