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Superficial Relations.—At the base of the neck the common carotid
artery is covered by tlie skin, platysma myoides, and deep fascia, and
by the sterno-cleido-mastoid, sterno-hvoid, and sterno-thyroid muscles.
Fig. 107.

Surgical Aiiatoiii) ol t lie Aiteiies of the Neck, right side.
It is cro.ssed by the omo-liyoid muscle opposite the cricoid cartilao-e, and
below this by the anterior jugular vein.
The upper portion of th^ com-
mon carotid, or that portion Mhich extends from the omo-hyoid muscle
to its termination, is covered by the skin, platysma myoides, and deep