Neck Muscle

The neck region contains very important anatomical structures. It is a very important region from a clinical point of view, and it is very important for doctors, dentists, nurses, health technicians and everyone who provides services in the field to know the neck anatomy. The neck is the body part between the head and the trunk. The neck region is clinically important. The location of the skin lesions should be very well defined and the direction of the fluid in the lymph vessels is very important in skin cancers. The upper border of the neck is formed by the line originated from the external occipital protuberentia and superior nuchal line of the occipital bone at the back, continuing with the mastoid process of the temporal bone on the sides and the basis mandibulae at the front. The lower border of the neck is formed by the league. nuchae posteriorly, the projection of the proc. spinosus of the C7 vertebra, the upper edge of the art. acromioclavicularis and clavicula laterally and the line continuing in front at the manubrium sterni. They are classified as supra-hyoid, sub-hyoid, and muscles located lateral and deep in the neck. In the neck region, 2 large and 6 small neck triangles are defined. Knowing its boundaries and internal structures is clinically very important.