The arteries of the head and neck.

Arteries of the Head and Neck

The arteries of the head and neck.

The side of the neck, showing the nerves and blood vessels. Labels: 1, occipital artery; 2, facial vein; 3, spinal accessory nerve; 4, facial artery; 5, internal jugular vein; 6, hypoglossal nerve; 7, communicans noni nerve; 8, lingual artery; 9, pneumogastric nerve; 10, superior laryngeal nerve; 11, phrenic nerve; 12, superior thyroid artery; 13, sterno-cleido-mastoideus (reflected); 14, common carotid artery with descendens noni nerve; 15, inner end of clavicle (reflected); 16, sterno-hyoid; 17, subclavian vein (cut); 18, omo-hyoid; 19, subclavian artery giving off the thyroid axis and the internal mammary artery; 20, inferior cervical ganglion of sympathetic; 21, apex of pleura.

The Side of the Neck

The side of the neck, showing the nerves and blood vessels. Labels: 1, occipital artery; 2, facial vein;…