PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



hyoid, hyoglossus, the inferior and middle constrictors 

 of the pharynx, the greater cornu of the hyoid bone, and 

 the pharyngeal aponenrosis. The middle of the carotid 

 triangle is on a level with the upper border of the thyroid 

 cartilage. It contains the bifurcation of the common 

 carotid artery, the external and internal carotid, the 



FIG. 195. MUSCLES OF NECK. 



jugular vein, and the pneumogastric nerve, inclosed 

 within a sheath, upon which descend the descendens and 

 communicans noni nerves, communicating and forming a 

 loop beneath the omo-hyoid muscle. On either side of 

 the median line of the neck are two flat, ribbon-like 

 muscles, the stern o-hyoid and the sterno-thyroid. Be- 

 neath them is the thyroid gland, which rests like a saddle 



