Editing Neck (section)

=== Compartments ===
The neck structures are distributed within four compartments:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/neck-anatomy|title=Neck anatomy|website=Kenhub|language=en|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>

* '''Vertebral compartment''' contains the [[cervical vertebrae]] with [[intervertebral disc|cartilaginous discs]] between each [[vertebral body]]. The alignment of the vertebrae defines the shape of the human neck.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Frietson |last1=Galis|year=1999|title= Why do almost all mammals have seven cervical vertebrae? Developmental constraints, Hox genes and Cancer|url= http://wwworm.biology.uh.edu/evodevo/lecture11/galis99.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Journal of Experimental Zoology|volume=285|issue=1|pages= 19–26|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990415)285:1<19::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-Z|pmid=10327647|bibcode=1999JEZ...285...19G |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041110200159/http://wwworm.biology.uh.edu/evodevo/lecture11/galis99.pdf|archive-date=2004-11-10}}</ref> As the vertebrae bound the spinal canal, the cervical portion of the spinal cord is also found within the neck.
* '''Visceral compartment''' accommodates the [[trachea]], [[larynx]], [[pharynx]], [[thyroid]], and [[parathyroid gland]]s.
* '''Vascular compartment''' is paired and consists of the two [[carotid sheath]]s found on each side of the trachea. Each carotid sheath contains the [[vagus nerve]], common carotid artery and [[internal jugular vein]].

Besides the listed structures, the neck contains [[cervical lymph nodes]] which surround the blood vessels.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title= Clinically Oriented Anatomy|last1=Moore|first1=Keith L.|last2=Dalley|first2=Arthur F.|last3=Agur|first3=A. M. R.|isbn=978-1451119459|edition= 7th|location=Philadelphia|oclc=813301028|date = 2013-02-13}}</ref>