Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the different foramina of the skull and structures passing through each.

Detailed Contents:

v     Foramina present in different normae of the skull.

v     Foramina connecting the cranial fossae to outside the skull.

v     Structures passing through the different foramina and fissures of the skull.

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 Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the blood and nerve supply of the scalp.

Detailed Contents:

v     Layers of the scalp.

v     Arteries and veins of the scalp.

v     Nerves of the scalp.

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 Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the muscles of facial expression.

2.  know the arteries of the face.

3.  know the veins of the face.

4.  know the nerves of the face.

Detailed Contents:

v     Muscles of facial expression (types, nerve supply and action).

v     Arteries supplying of the face.

v     Venous drainage of the face, its communication and common clinical points.

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the posterior and anterior triangles of the neck.

2.  know the divisions of the posterior and anterior triangles.

3.  describe the contents of each triangle.

4.  find the relations of these contents.

Detailed Contents:

v     Divisions and boundaries of the different triangles of the side of the neck.

v     Contents of each triangle.

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the divisions of the cranial cavity.

2.  describe the dural folds and their attachments.

3.  describe the intracranial venous sinuses.

4.  describe important foramina and structures passing through each.

Detailed Contents:

v     Boundaries of each cranial fossa.

v     Dural folds and intracranial venous sinuses.

v     Structures passing through different foramina of the skull.

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the shape, position and direction of enlargement of the thyroid gland.

2.  describe the relations of the thyroid with the other structures.

3.  know the blood supply and lymph drainage of the thyroid.

4.  know some clinical points of the thyroid gland.

Detailed Contents:

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the main arteries present in the neck.

2.  know the main veins present in the neck.

3.  know the main nerves present in the neck.

Detailed Contents:

v     Origin, course, relation, branches and distribution of the nerves of the neck (glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory hypoglossal & phrenic nerves), cervical and brachial plexuses, cervical sympathetic chain.

v     Beginning, course, relation, branches and distribution of the arteries of the neck (subclavian, common carotid, external and internal carotid arteries).

v     Formation, course, relation and tributaries of the veins of the neck (subclavian and internal jugular veins).

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the bony orbit.

2.  know the different contents of the orbital cavity.

3.  know the different components of the lacrimal apparatus.

Detailed Contents:

v     Anatomy of lacrimal apparatus (lacrimal gland: position, blood and nerve supply; lacrimal canaliculi, lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct).

v     Boundaries of the bony orbit (orbital aperture, walls of the orbit, foramina and fissures related to the orbit)

v     Orbital muscles: recti, oblique and levator palpebrae superioris.

v     Orbital nerves: Optic, oculomotor, trochlear, abducent, ophthalmic and maxillary nerves, and ciliary ganglion.

v     Orbital blood vessels: ophthalmic artery and veins.

v     Orbital fasciae and ligaments.

v     Movements of the eye-ball and its clinical points.

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the position, shape and relations of the parotid gland.

2.  know the structures piercing the parotid gland.

3.  know the important clinical points of the parotid gland.

Detailed Contents:

v     Parotid gland (shape, position, parts, relations, structures the pass within it, blood and nerve supply)

v     Parotid duct (position, surface anatomy and course).

v     Temporal fossa (temporalis muscle, temporal fascia, superficial and deep temporal vessels, deep temporal and auriculotemporal nerves).

v     Parotid swellings and other clinical notes.

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the boundaries of the Infratemporal region.

2. describe the contents of the Infratemporal region.

Detailed Contents:

v     Muscles of mastication (temporalis, masseter, medial and lateral pterygoid) and movement of the mandible.

v     Boundaries and connection of the infratemporal fossa.

v     Contents of the infratemporal fossa (muscles of mastication, mandibular nerve, otic ganglion, chorda tympani, maxillary vessels, pterygoid venous plexus.

v     Pterygopalatine fossa (boundaries, connections and contents).

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the boundaries and communication of the submandibular region.

2. know the contents of the submandibular region.

3. describe the submandibular and sublingual salivary gland.

Detailed Contents:

v     Boundaries of the submandibular region.

v     muscles of the submandibular region (digastric, mylohyoid, hyoglossus, Geniohyoid, genioglossus and styloglossus.

v     Nerves of the submandibular region (lingual, glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal).

v     Submandibular ganglion.

v     Vessels of the submandibular region (facial and lingual).

v     Submandibular lymph nodes.

v     Submandibular gland (shape, position, lobes, relations, duct, blood & nerve supply, lymph drainage and clinical points).

v     Sublingual gland (shape, position, lobes, relations, ducts, blood & nerve supply, lymph drainage and clinical points).

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. describe the developmental aspects of the skull, face and palate.

2. know common congenital anomalies of skull, face and palate.

Detailed Contents:

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 Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the anatomy of the external ear and tympanic membrane.

2. know the boundaries and contents of middle ear.

Detailed Contents:

v     External ear.

v     Tympanic membrane.

v     Boundaries and contents of middle ear.

v     Facial canaliculus.

v     Blood and nerve supply of the ear.

v     Clinical importance of the ear.

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. describe the superficial groups of lymph nodes of the head and neck.

2. describe the deep groups of lymph nodes of the head and neck.

Detailed Contents:

v     Superficial and deep lymph nodes (their position, afferent and efferent drainage and clinical importance).

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Learning Objectives:

After this tutorial, student should be able to:

1. know the development and derivatives of different pharyngeal arches.

Detailed Contents:

v     Derivatives of the pharyngeal arches from the first to the sixth and their congenital malformations.