Anatomical Science
Head and Neck Anatomy
Anatmomic Terminology
Skull
Cranium: Primarily involved in housing and protecting the brain
Visceral structures: Related to the face
Bones of the Neck
Cervical vertebrae [7]
C-1 "atlas": holds up the cranium
C-2 "axis": medical protuberance allows rotation around it
Skull
Occipital bone: posterior inferior portion of the cranium
Frontal bone
Temporal bones
Sphenoid bone "bat-shaped bone"
Ethmoid
Numerous sinuses or air cells
Cribiform plate- sensory nerves from nose ascend to olfactory bulbs of CN I
Hyoid bone: bone of the neck; attached to several muscles but to no other bone
superior to the thyroid cartilage
U-shaped bone; free floating
the mobility is necessary for mastication, swalling, and speech
forms the base of the tongue and larynx
Tongue
Face
Facial Bones
maxillae
Mandible
Zygomatic bones
Vomer
Lacrimal bones
Nasal bones
Inferior nasal conchae
Hyoid bone
Palatine bone
middle and posterior palatine foramen
Midpalatine suture
greater palatine foramen
Joints of the skull
Sutures
coronal
sagittal
lambdoidal
squamosal
temporozygomatic
median palatine
transverse palatine
TMJ
Cranial Fossae
Anterior
Middle
superior
Paranasal sinuses
Frontal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Maxillae
Orbit
Histology & Embiology
Subtopic
Lymphatic System
Salivary Glands
Dental Anatomy
Muscles
definitions
Tendond: Muscle to bone
origin: Stationary attachment
inseriton: Attachment that moves
Ligament: Bone to bone
joint: Where two bones come together