KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 190 · KROK (Dentistry)

A 36-year-old injured with a knife wound of neck has bleeding. The blood is dark. During the wound management it was revealed that a vessel in the anterior part of the neck below the hyoid bone was damaged. Identify this vessel:

  1. A. A. carotis externa
  2. B. V. jugularis interna
  3. C. V. jugularis externa
  4. D. V. jugularis anterior
  5. E. A. carotis communis
Hint

Dark blood means a vein; ask which vein runs superficially in the anterior region of the neck below the hyoid bone, close to the midline.

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