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Head and Neck - Cavities

Head and Neck - Cavities begins with a coronal section of the head to present a clear inter-relationship between the nasal, oral and orbital cavities. It covers an entire chapter about eyelids and the lacrimal apparatus. It demonstrates anatomy of the external ears, internal ear and the eyeball. The anatomy of the face is described extensively. The various cavities of the head i.e. the orbital cavity, the nasal cavity, the oral cavity and the tympanic cavity are discussed in great detail.

1. Orbit boundaries and contents
1. Introduction
2. Orbit - boundaries
3. Orbit - contents
4. Exophthalmos
5. Strabismus, diplopia
6. Optic nerve compression
7. Fractures of the bony orbit
8. Lesions of the oculomotor nerve
2. Eyelids and the lacrimal apparatus
1. Introduction
2. Eyelids and the lacrimal apparatus
3. Blepharitis
4. Chalazion
5. Conjunctivitis
6. Dacryoadenitis
7. Dacryocystitis
8. Dacryostenosis
9. Ectropion
10. Entropion
11. Stey
3. Eyeball - Layers, Coronea, Iris and Lens
1. Introduction
2. Skull - Lateral view
3. Dental anaesthesia
4. Fontanelles
5. Fracture of the mandible and injuries to the temporomandibular joint
6. Fractures of the maxilla
7. Injuries to the pterion and the calvaria
4. Septum and Lateral wall of the nose
1. Introduction
2. Skull - Superior and posterior view
3. Anthropometric points
4. Fractures of the neurocranium
5. Paranasal air sinuses
1. Introduction
2. Floor of cranial fossa
3. CSF rhinorrhea
4. Skull base fractures
6. External ear, external auditory meatus
1. Introduction
2. Base of skull
3. Cleft palate
4. Facial nerve palsy
5. Fractures of the base of skull
6. Posterior dislocation of the head of the mandible
7. Tympanic cavity - Walls and contents
1. Introduction
2. Mandible and hyoid bone
3. Dislocation of the mandible
4. Fracture of the hyoid bone
5. Fracture of the mandible
6. Inferior alveolar nerve block
8. Internal ear
1. Introduction
2. Face and scalp - muscles
3. Face and scalp - nerves
4. Face and scalp - vessels
5. Bell's palsy
6. Communications with intracranial venous channels - spread of infections
7. Laceration of the face
8. Trigeminal neuralgia
9. Pharynx and Oral cavity
1. Introduction
2. Parotid gland
3. Infections of the parotid gland
4. Bell's palsy
5. Inferior alveolar nerve block for dental procedures
6. Ludwig's angina
7. Swellings of the parotid gland
10. Coronal section through the nasal and oral cavity
1. Introduction
2. Parotid gland
3. Infections of the parotid gland
4. Bell's palsy
5. Inferior alveolar nerve block for dental procedures
6. Ludwig's angina
7. Swellings of the parotid gland