Fig.36.1. Cervical vertibri C1-C4. Long muscle of the head, long muscle of the neck and thyroid gland. Ultrasound anatomy. A - View from above. B - Anterior view. C - Right lateral view.
Long muscle of the head. Origin - anterior tubercle of the transverse process C3-C6. Insertion - basilar part of the oc-cipital bone. Long muscle of the neck. Situated on the anterolateral surface of the vertebral column from C2 to T3. Some fibers connec the vertebral bodies with the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes. Numbers indicate anatomical structures in fig.36.1-36.4.
Corpus vertebrae (1), processus transversus (2), tuberculum anterius (3), costa I (4), costa II (5), sternum - manubrium (6), trachea (7), oesophagus (8), cartilago cricoidea (9), cartilago thyroidea (10), musculus longus capitis (11), musculus longus colli (12), musculus scalenus anterior (13), musculus scalenus medius (14), musculus scalenus posterior (15).



Fig.36.2. Transverse echogram of the fore-part of the neck performed at the level of the upper thyroid poles. Schematic representations of the echogram. Ultrasound anatomy.


 
Fig.36.3. Cervical vertibri (Ñ1-Ñ4) and first thoracic vertebre. Anterior scalene muscle, middle scalene muscle, posterior scalene muscle. A - View from above. B - Anterior view. C - Right lateral view.
Anterior scalene muscle. Origin - transverse processes C3-C6. Insertion - a tubercle C3-C6 on the first rib. Middle scalene muscle. Origin - transverse processes C2-C7. Insertion - the first rib, behind the subclavian artery groove. Posterior scalene muscle. Origin - transverse processes C4-C6. Insertion - upper border of the second rib. Numbers indicate anatomical structures in fig.36.1-36.4. Corpus vertebrae (1), processus transversus (2), tuberculum anterius (3), costa I (4), costa II (5), sternum - manubrium (6), trachea (7), oesophagus (8), cartilago cricoidea (9), cartilago thyroidea (10), musculus longus capitis (11), musculus longus colli (12), musculus scalenus anterior (13), musculus scalenus medius (14), musculus scalenus posterior (15).



Fig.36.4. Transverse echogram of the fore-part of the neck performed at the level of the lower thyroid poles. Schematic representations of the echogram. Ultrasound anatomy.