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Case #5 -
A 21 year old stabbed in the L anterior neck

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
2.) What is meant by Zones I, II, and III in the neck?

Zone I: between clavicles and cricoid cartilage - "thoracic outlet"



Zone II: between cricoid cartilage and angle of mandible



Zone III: above the angle of the mandible

 
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