Anatomical Landmarks During a Radical Neck Dissection

Platysma
External jugular vein
Anterior jugular vein
Greater Auricular nerve
Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve
Maxillary artery
Facial vein
Sternocleidomastoid - divide clavicular head in radical neck dissection
Trapezius muscle
Spinal accessory nerve
Omohyoid muscle - divided
Brachial plexus
Middle and anterior scalene muscles
Brachial plexus
phrenic nerve
Carotid sheath
vagus nerve
internal jugular vein - divided in radical neck dissection
common carotid artery
Superior thyroid artery
Hypoglossal nerve
Branches of cervical plexus
Anterior belly of digastric
Myelohyoid muscle
Hyoid bone
Submandibular salivary gland
Salivary gland duct
Lingual nerve
Posterior belly of digastric
Tail of parotid gland