Boundaries and Contents of the Deep Styloid Region

(Pages & figures cited are from Drake et al, Gray's Anatomy for Students, Intl edition 2005)

Boundaries

Lateral: styloid process (pg 907)
Medial: posterolateral wall of pharynx
Anterior: infratemporal region
Posterior: atlas & axis aka C1, C2
Superior: base of skull
Inferior: posterior belly of digastric muscle (pg 907)

Contents

1. Internal carotid artery (pg 911)
2. Internal jugular vein (pg 913 fig. 8.162 & fig. 8.163; same for for following contents)
3. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
4. Vagus nerve (X) & branches
5. accessory nerve (XI)
6. hypoglossal nerve (XII)
7. sympathetic trunk & superior cervical ganglion (pg 932)