KROK 1 2016 – Question 167 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A 29-year-old man with a knife wound of the neck presents with bleeding. During the initial debridement of the wound a surgeon revealed the injury of a vessel situated along the lateral edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Specify this vessel:
- A. A. carotis externa
- B. V. jugularis externa
- C. A. carotis interna
- D. V. jugularis interna
- E. V. jugularis anterior
Hint
Decide whether the injured vessel is a superficial subcutaneous one or lies deep in the carotid sheath, then place it relative to the lateral border of the muscle.
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