Head and Neck Morphology, Models and Function /

• Main Authors: Marani, Enrico (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Heida, Ciska (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Neurosciences.; Human anatomy.; Otolaryngologic surgery.; Human physiology.; Anatomy.; Head and Neck Surgery.; Human Physiology.

This book offers a critical review of the head and neck from an anatomical, physiological and clinical perspective. It begins by providing essential anatomical and physiological information, then discusses historical and current views on specific aspects in subsequent chapters. For example, the anat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Skull cap and trepanation
• Malformation and identity
• The development of the bony skull
• Gustation, the act or sensation of tasting
• Oral cavity: Lips, tongue and teeth
• Nose, nasal cavities, smell and paranasal sinuses
• The eye, orbit and vision
• The ear and cochlear implant.-Dip and nod, shake and twist, turn and toss
• Brain and spinal cord: its macroscopy
• Cranial nerves
• Sleep and Head and Neck
• Blood supply and lymphatic drainage
• Pharynx, larynx, trachea and oesophagus
• Regio and trigonum
• Head and neck reflexes
• Cervical vertebral column
• Development of the face and branchial organs
• Spatial coherences and external appearance.-Summary Head and Neck.