. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 1386 SUEFACE AND SUEGICAL ANATOMY. contains, or the result of a primary suppurative cellulitis. A tubercular abscess originating in one of the retropharyngeal lymph glands (Fig. 1085) lies in front of the prevertebral fascia, and points towards the posterior wall of the pharynx; abscesses secondary to disease of the cervical vertebrae lie "behind the prevertebral fascia, and spread laterally behind the vascular compartment; they point behind the sterno-mastoid, and should be opened through an incision at the posterior border of the muscle, the
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 1386 SUEFACE AND SUEGICAL ANATOMY. contains, or the result of a primary suppurative cellulitis. A tubercular abscess originating in one of the retropharyngeal lymph glands (Fig. 1085) lies in front of the prevertebral fascia, and points towards the posterior wall of the pharynx; abscesses secondary to disease of the cervical vertebrae lie "behind the prevertebral fascia, and spread laterally behind the vascular compartment; they point behind the sterno-mastoid, and should be opened through an incision at the posterior border of the muscle, the surgeon keeping to the anterior aspect of the transverse processes in order to avoid the structures in the vascular compartment (Chiene). In front of the visceral compartment is a small muscular compartment containing the infra-hyoid muscles; anterior to it again, in the region of the supra-sternal notch, is the small supra-sternal compartment, containing the lower part of the External maxillary artery Submaxillary gland- Bifurcation of common carotid artery Sterno-mastoid Carotid tubercle Apex of lun Brachial plexus^^/^Jl Subclavian artery Acromial end of clavicle Small tubercle of humerus Tendon of biceps, Large tubercl of humerus. Anterior belly of digastric Hyoid bone Thyreoid cartilage (pomum Adami) Crico-thyreoid membrane External jugular vein Cricoid cartilage Isthmus of thyreoid gland Sternal head of sterno-mastoid Clavicular head of sterno-mastoid Sterno-clavicular articulation First part axillary artery SiliV 'Coracoid process. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909; Robinson, Arthur, b. 1862, ed. New York, W. Wood
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