Clinical Head and Neck Anatomy for Surgeons

Front Cover
Peter A. Brennan, Vishy Mahadevan, Barrie T. Evans
CRC Press, Oct 28, 2015 - Medical - 358 pages
Clinical Head and Neck Anatomy for Surgeons provides a refreshing new approach to the surgical anatomy of one of the most complex regions of the human body, the head and neck region. While similar books exist, few are written by surgeons for surgeons, detailing and illustrating the relevant surgical anatomy that needs to be mastered before operatin
 

Contents

The scalp
3
Anatomy of the ageing face
11
External nose
27
Internal nose and paranasal sinuses
37
External ear
45
Temporal bone middle ear and mastoid
53
Parotid gland
61
Submandibular triangle
69
Pharynx
181
Superior and posterior mediastinum
195
Tissue spaces of the head and neck
201
Larynx trachea and tracheobronchial tree
209
Thyroid gland
221
Parathyroid glands
233
The neck
243
Posterior triangle and its contents
253

Oral cavity
77
Alveolar process
89
Anatomy of cleft lip and palate
99
Orbital skeleton
111
Orbital contents and periorbita
119
Mandible
133
Maxilla and zygoma
141
Infratemporal fossa pterygopalatine fossa and muscles of mastication
151
Temporomandibular joint
167
Thoracic outlet
261
Cervical spine
267
Neuroanatomy for the head and neck surgeon
279
Skull base
287
Osteology of the skull
295
Overview of the cranial nerves
309
Autonomic system in the head and neck
317
Back Cover
323
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2015)

Edited by

Peter A. Brennan, MD, FRCS, FRCSI, FDS, consultant maxillofacial surgeon and professor of surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK; 2016 president of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; and chairman, Intercollegiate Committee for Basic Surgical Examinations (MRCS and DOHNS) for UK and Ireland.

Barrie T. Evans, FRCS (Eng & Edin), FDSRCS (Eng), FFDRCS (Ire), past president, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and former consultant oral & maxillofacial surgeon, Southampton University Hospitals, UK

Vishy Mahadevan, MBBS, PhD, FRCS, Barbers' Company Professor of Anatomy, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK

Bibliographic information