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To its medial side lies the wall of the pharynx, from which 

 it is separated, in the region of the carotid triangle, by the 

 external and internal laryngeal branches of the superior 



Accessory 



Descendens hypoglossi 



Ascending pharyngeal 

 Internal carotid 



Vagus 



losso-pharyngeal 

 Superficial temporal 



rnal maxillary 



Superior laryngeal 

 Hypoglossal 



Branch to 

 "thyreo-hyoid 

 .Internal 

 laryngeal 



External 

 laryngeal 



Common carotid 



FIG. 118. Diagram of Carotid System of Vessels in the Neck with the 

 Glosso-pharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory, and Hypoglossal Nerves. 



laryngeal nerve. The medial relations at a higher level will 

 be seen to greater advantage at a later stage when the styloid 

 process is detached and displaced. They are the pharyngeal 

 branch of the vagus, the stylo-pharyngeus,the glosso-pharyngeal 

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