The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . e cutaneous incision is 4cm in length along the upper borderof the great cornu of the hyoid bone. 2. The platysma is divided; the posterior facial vein is drawnoutwards. 3. The posterior belly of the digastric muscle is exposed; behindand below it appears the lrypoglossal nerve; the submaxillary gland isdrawn upwards. 4. The hypoglossal nerve runs in front over the hyoglossus muscle,accompanied by the lingual vein; below the nerve and behind the hyo-glossus muscle passes the lingual artery. 5. Between the hypoglossal n
The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . e cutaneous incision is 4cm in length along the upper borderof the great cornu of the hyoid bone. 2. The platysma is divided; the posterior facial vein is drawnoutwards. 3. The posterior belly of the digastric muscle is exposed; behindand below it appears the lrypoglossal nerve; the submaxillary gland isdrawn upwards. 4. The hypoglossal nerve runs in front over the hyoglossus muscle,accompanied by the lingual vein; below the nerve and behind the hyo-glossus muscle passes the lingual artery. 5. Between the hypoglossal nerve and the great cornu of the hyoidbone the fibres of the hyoglossus are cautiously divided; immediatelybeneath this muscle lies the lingual artery, accompanied by a vein. The artery can also be tied in the lingual trigone (Hueter) afterthe division of the hyoglossus, i. e. between the posterior belly of thedigastric muscle and the posterior border of the mylo-hyoid muscle. muse-, xtijLohyoitleus. neroun ) i»^.
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