Lateral neck dissection with cervical plexus and external jugular vein

About this plate

Lateral neck dissection with cervical plexus and external jugular vein. Lateral view of the neck.

Region

neck

Structure

posterior triangle

View

lateral

System

veins, arteries, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, muscle

Focus

cutaneous branches of cervical plexus, external jugular vein, sternocleidomastoid muscle, spinal accessory nerve

Structures labelled on this plate

• posterior facial vein
• posterior auricular vein
• Platysma ×
• cervical branch of facial nerve
• Sternocleido-mastoideus
• anterior facial vein
• anastomosis with cutaneous cervical nerve
• external jugular vein
• anastomosis with facial nerve
• cutaneous cervical nerve
• ant. jugular vein
• Sternocleidomastoideus
• jugular venous arch
• great occipital nerve
• occipital vein
• occipital artery
• lesser occipital nerve
• great auricular nerve
• accessory nerve (external br.)
• muscular brs. of cervical plexus
• Omohyoideus (inferior belly)
• posterior supraclavicular nerves
• anterior supraclavicular nerves
• middle supra-clavicular nerves

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.