Identify by palpation , surface mark the position and count the pulse of the Common Carotid Artery in the Anterior triangle of the neck on a model with a time limit of one minute.

Objective No 182 - Criteria to be demonstrated.

Note : Do not compress the Common Carotid artery against the prominent anterior tubercle of the transverse  process of the sixth Cervical Vertebra.

Note: The Common Carotid arteries are place on each side of the Trachea (Objective No 199)

1. Draw a vertical line to represent the Median plane from the Jugular notch to the Mentis.

3. Surface mark the Articular process , Ramus and Body of the  Mandible.

4. Surface mark the Sterno-clavicular joint (Objective No 21)

5. Palpate and mark the upper border of the Thyroid Cartlage (Objective No 197)

6. Draw a line  from the Sterno-clavicular joint to the depression between the Angle of the Mandible and the Mastoid process.

7. Palpate the upper lateral border of the Thyroid Cartilage.

8. The Common Carotid artery corresponds to the line in step 6. At the level of the upper border of the Thyroid Cartilage, the Common Carotid usually divides into the Internal and External Carotid Arteries.