title: Anatomical variations analysis of the external jugular vein, great auricular nerve, and posterosuperior border of the platysma muscle.
abstract: This article describes the observations collected from the dissection of 10 nonformalinized cadavers analyzed in respect to the anatomical relation variations between the external jugular vein, the great auricular nerve, and the posterosuperior border of the platysma muscle.
authors.affiliation: Medical School Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Aboudib Júnior
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: de Castro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery*; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*