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Skull, head, and neck

Contents (97 articles)

  • Introduction
    • Debrecen study guide (Head and neck)
  • Skull
    • Bones of the skull
    • Views of the skull
    • Cervical vertebrae and their joints
    • Viscerocranium (facial skeleton)
    • Neurocranium
    • Orbit and extraocular muscles
    • Sutures
  • Head
    • Regions of the face
    • Fossae and spaces
    • Muscles of the head
    • Nasal cavity
    • Mouth and oral cavity
    • Temporomandibular joint
  • Neck
    • Layers and fascia
    • Triangles of the neck
    • Regions and spaces
    • Muscles of the neck
    • Pharynx
    • Larynx
    • Trachea
    • Esophagus
    • Thyroid and parathyroid glands
  • Neurovasculature
    • Blood Supply
    • Venous drainage
    • Innervation
    • Lymphatics

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Articles

  • Introduction
    •   Debrecen study guide (Head and neck)
  • Skull
    •   Bones of the skull
    •   Views of the skull
    •   External cranial base
    •   Cranial fossae
    •   Cervical vertebrae and their joints
    •   Viscerocranium (facial skeleton)
    •   Maxilla
    •   Mandible
    •   Zygomatic bone
    •   Orbit
    •   Neurocranium
    •   Frontal bone
    •   Occipital bone
    •   Temporal bone
    •   Parietal bone
    •   Sphenoid bone
    •   Ethmoid bone
    •   Orbit and extraocular muscles
    •   Sutures
  • Head
    •   Regions of the face
    •   Frontal region
    •   Temporal region
    •   Buccal and infraorbital regions
    •   Nasal region
    •   Parotid region / parotideomasseteric region and the parotid nest
    •   Fossae and spaces
    •   Infratemporal fossa
    •   Pterygopalatine fossa
    •   Retromandibular fossa
    •   Muscles of the head
    •   Muscles of facial expression
    •   Muscles of mastication
    •   Muscles of the tongue
    •   Muscles of the soft palate
    •   Extraocular muscles
    •   Nasal cavity
    •   Paranasal air sinuses
    •   Mouth and oral cavity
    •   Tongue
    •   Lateral lingual groove / Lateral lingual sulcus
    •   Teeth
    •   Salivary glands
    •   Tonsils (Waldeyer’s tonsillary ring)
    •   Temporomandibular joint
  • Neck
    •   Layers and fascia
    •   Triangles of the neck
    •   Anterior triangle (anterior cervical region)
    •   Posterior triangle (lateral cervical region)
    •   Suboccipital triangle
    •   Regions and spaces
    •   Nuchal region
    •   Retropharyngeal space
    •   Scalenotracheal fossa
    •   Parapharyngeal space
    •   Muscles of the neck
    •   Superficial neck muscles
    •   Hyoid muscles
    •   Scalene muscles
    •   Suboccipital muscles
    •   Pharyngeal muscles
    •   Pharynx
    •   Muscles of the pharynx
    •   Larynx
    •   Laryngeal cartilages
    •   Laryngeal folds, ligaments, and membranes
    •   Laryngeal muscles
    •   Laryngeal neurovasculature
    •   Trachea
    •   Esophagus
    •   Thyroid and parathyroid glands
  • Neurovasculature
    •   Blood Supply
    •   External carotid artery
    •   Internal carotid artery
    •   Carotid body and sinus
    •   Maxillary artery
    •   Venous drainage
    •   Innervation
    •   Nervous system – Introduction
    •   Cervical plexus
    •   Cervical sympethetic trunks
    •   Parasympathetic ganglia
    •   Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
    •   Facial nerve (CN VII)
    •   Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
    •   Vagus nerve (CN X)
    •   Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)
    •   Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
    •   Lymphatics