Head & Neck Anatomy

Important topics:

By Laiba Khalid

• Skull - viva-structures passing through foramina - foramen magnum contents

• Parasympathetic ganglia

• Orbit

• Mandible (diagram)

• fontanelles clinical

• Scalp layers- blood supply-nerves - lymphatics- clinical

• Facial muscles (orbiculi)

• Sensory + cutaneous nerve + arterial + venous supply+lymphatics of face

• Facial artery

• lacrimal gland supply

• bells palsy

• trigeminal neuralgia

• fascia colli- clinical

• carotid sheath and contents

• post triangle

• sternocleidomastoid (blood supply)

• torticollis

• potential spaces in neck

• falx cerebri

• tentorium

• blood and nerves supply cranial cavity

• venous sinuses

• cavernous sinus

• trigeminal ganglion

• petrosal nerves

• extra n subdural hemorrages

• contents of orbit

• extraocular muscles and movements

• ophthalmic artery

• optic nerve

• ciliary ganglion

• squint

• ant triangle

• infrahyoid muscles

• digastric triangle

• carotid arteries and branches

• ansa cervicalis

• ansa subclavia

• parotid relations,blood, nerve supply, lymphatics

• structures within/passing through parotid

• temporal fossa

• temporal fascia

• infratemporal fossa

• pterygopalatine fossa

• muscles of mastication + nerve supply (prof que)

• maxillary artery & branches

• TMJ joint v imp+ dislocation (prof que)

• movements v imp (sendup ques)

• muscles producing movements

• mandibular nerve v imp (prof que)

• otic ganglion

• suprahyoid muscles

• submandibular gland

• submandibular ganglion

• sublingual gland

• chora tympani clinical

• thyroid imp clinical

• capsules, relations,arterial,venous, nerve supply

• parathyroid

• subclavian and carotid branches name

• internal jugular

• cervical symp trunk

• cervical plexus

• lymph nodes of H/N

• styloid app

• horners synd

• neck joints

• ligaments and clinical

• pharynx, larynx, nose,tongue complete v imp (sendup,prof ques)

• ear eye reading for viva

• cisterns

• cranial nerves (courses, supply and clinical )