Crossword
By Melainie Cameron

Across
2   Within the carotid sheath, the vein and nerve lie … to the artery.
3   Artery of the root of the neck arising directly from the aorta on the left.
8   In most people the right common carotid artery arises from the brachiocephalic ….
9   Most superficial muscle of the anterior neck.
12 Artery with a reputation for injury during cervical high velocity maniplation.
13 Muscle that joins the hyoid bone to the scapula.
15 Second cervical vertebra.
17 Pectoralis muscle that attaches to the clavicle.
19 Muscle that divides the neck into anterior and posterior triangles.
21 Paired ligaments extending from the sides of the dens to the lateral margins of the foramen magnum.
23 At the level of the superior border of the thyroid cartilage, within the carotid triangle, lies the ….
25 The esophagus lies … to the trachea in the anterior neck.
26 Most superficial muscle of the posterior neck.

Down
1   Fusion of the inferior cervical ganglion and the first thoracic ganglion forms a large, star shaped, sympathetic ganglion known as the …
4   The internal jugular is the largest … in the neck.
5   Passing through the transverse foraminae of C1 to C6 is the vertebral ….
6   Largest gland in the neck.
7   Type of receptors investing the wall of the carotid sinus.
9   Motor nerve that arises in the neck but supplies no cervical structures.
10 First cervical vertebra.
11 A branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal, this nerve gives sensory supply to the submandibular gland.
12 Mixed nerve that wanders from brain to neck, thorax, and abdomen.
14 Gives inferior attachment for the muscles that form the floor of the mouth.
16 Between this paired structure lies the jugular notch.
18 Largest of the paired salivary glands, located between the ramus of the mandible and the mastoid process.
20 Fibrocartilagenous tube located centrally in the anterior neck.
22 The rhomboidius … muscle may be considered part of the cervical musclulature because it attaches to the C7 spinous process.
24 The … cervical dorsal ramus does not have any sensory supply to skin.

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