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Hypoglossal nerve and cervical plexus branches

Hypoglossal nerve and cervical plexus branches — Peripheral nerves
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Hypoglossal nerve and cervical plexus branches. Lateral view of the neck.

Region
neck
Structure
anterior triangle
View
lateral
System
cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, muscle, arteries, veins
Focus
hypoglossal nerve, cervical plexus, ansa cervicalis, infrahyoid muscles

Structures labelled on this plate

  • STERNO-CLEIDO-MASTOIDEUS
  • SPLENIUS
  • 2nd Cervical N
  • LEVATOR
  • SCAPULE
  • TRAPEZIUS
  • Scalenus medius
  • Inferior belly
  • Phrenic N
  • Scalenus anterior
  • Hypoglossal N
  • Vagus N
  • Glossopharyngeal N
  • Internal Jugular V
  • Descendens
  • Common Carotid
  • STYLO-GLOSSUS
  • STYLO-HYOIDEUS
  • Lingual N
  • Genio-glossus
  • Hyo-glossus
  • Genio-hyoideus
  • THYRO-HYOIDUS
  • Superior belly
  • Omohyoid
  • Sterno-thyroideus
  • Thyro-hyoideus

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.