Head & Face – Nerves, vessels and Etc

  1. Artery
  2. Nerve – Muscle innervation
    • SCM : accessory nerve
    • Masseter, temporalis, medial/lateral pterygoid : Trigeminal nerve
  3. Cranial nerve
  4. Cervical nerve(c8)
  5. Neck triangle 
  6. Ligaments
    • Cervical spine(unique ligaments comparing other spine)
      • Nuchal ligament : a continuation of the supraspinous ligament. It attaches to the tips of the spinous processes from C1-C7, and provides the proximal attachment for the rhomboids and trapezius
      • Transverse ligament of the atlas : connects the lateral masses of the atlas, and in doing so anchors the dens in place.
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