KROK 1 2014 – Question 193 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A 29-year-old male with a knife wound of neck presents with bleeding. During the initial debridement of the wound the surgeon revealed the injury of a vessel found along the lateral edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Specify this vessel:
- A. A. carotis externa
- B. V. jugularis anterior
- C. V. jugularis externa
- D. A. carotis interna
- E. V. jugularis interna
Hint
Think about the topography of neck vessels relative to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and their depth, and which ones reach its lateral edge.
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