Carotid space
Dr Jeremy Jones et al.
The carotid space is one of the seven deep compartments of the head and neck.
Contents
- common carotid artery inferiorly and internal carotid artery superiorly
- internal jugular vein
- glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
- vagus nerve (CN X)
- accessory nerve (CN XI)
- hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
- sympathetic nerves
- jugular chain nodes
Related pathology
- schwannoma
- neurofibroma
- paraganglioma
- metastatic adenopathy
- lymphoma
- cellulitis/abscess
- meningioma

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