Fig. 1:

Transverse section through the antero-lateral quadrant of the neck of an embalmed body at level C7. The vagus nerve (X, arrow) is enwrapped together with the common carotid artery (AC) and the internal jugular vein (VJI) by the carotid sheath (CS, dashed). IHM, infrahyal muscles; Plat, Platysma; Scal, scalenus anterior muscle; STM, sternocleidomastoid muscle; Thyr, thyroid gland; VA, vertebral artery; asterisk, prevertebral muscle. Body donated to the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, for didactic, reasearch and postgraduate training purposes. Bar 1 cm