Posted by ML on October 11, 2011 at 14:09:23:
1. Identify the boney features of the atlas and axis
2. Describe the type of joint associated with the atlanto-axial joint
3. Identify the components and attachments of the cruciate ligament
4. Identify the continuation of the tectorial membrane inferiorly
5. Identify the relationship between the dura mater and the tectorial membrane and the basilar venous plexus
6. Identify the anatomy of the alar ligaments, their relationship to the cruciate ligament and the movement limited by the presence of these ligaments
7. Identify the relationship between the subclavian artery, the common carotid artery, vertebral artery, thyrocervical trunk, and the scalene muscles
8. Identify the anatomy of the transverse process of C6 (i.e. vertebral artery, vertebral ganglia,
9. Identify the branches of the thyrocervical trunk
10. Identify the relationship between the inferior thyroid artery and the carotid sheath
11. Identify the relationship of the ascending cervical artery, the phrenic nerve, the transverse cervical artery and suprascapular artery and the anterior scalene (where are these structures in relationship to the anterior scalene? In relationship to the phrenic nerve? In relationship to the prevertebral fascia?)
12. Describe the location of the the stellate ganglia, and the 1st rib, vertebral cervical sympathethic ganglion and the superior cervical ganglia and identify the origin of these presynaptic cell bodies
13. Describe the location of the cervical sympathethic trunk as it relates to fascia and spaces within the head and neck
14. Identify the mechanism that sympathetic nerve fibers are transmitted into the head and the types of fibers present within the head
15. Identify the origin of the fibers within the deep petrosal nerve
16. Identify the location and anatomy of the ansa subclavias (include the relationship to cervical sympathetic ganglia, subclavian artery, and the scalene muscles