NURS 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Anterior Triangle Of The Neck, Sternum, Trapezius Muscle
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Jarvis: physical examination & health assessment, 2nd canadian. Chapter 14: head and neck, including regional lymphatic system. This section discusses key points about the structure and function of the head, face, and neck. The head includes the skull, a rigid, bony box that protects the brain and special sense organs. In the skull, cranial bones unite at immovable joints called sutures. Fourteen facial bones articulate at sutures, except the mandible, which has the movable temporomandibular joint anterior to each ear. o o. The temporal artery lies superior to the temporalis muscle and has a palpable pulsation anterior to the ear. The sublingual and submandibular salivary glands are accessible to examination, but the parotid glands are not normally palpable. The neck is delimited by the skull and mandible above, and the manubrium sterni, clavicle, first rib, and first thoracic vertebra below. o o o. The carotid artery and internal jugular vein lie beneath the sternomastoid muscle.
