Nataliya L. Svintsytska, Volodymyr H. Hryn, Oleksandr I. Kovalchuk

Study guide – 144 p.

ISBN 978-617-7937-27-1

This guide is intended for undergraduate, postgraduate students and continuing education of health care professionals in a variety of clinical disciplines (medicine, pediatrics, dentistry) as it includes the basic concepts of human anatomy of the skull in adults and newborns.

CONTENTS

BONES OF THE NEUROCRANIUM

The occipital bone

The parietal bone

The frontal bone

The sphenoid bone

The ethmoid bone

The temporal bone. Features of a constitution

BONES OF VISCERAL SKELETON

The mandible

The maxilla

The palatine bone

The nasal bones

The lacrimal bone

The zygomatic bone

The hyoid bone

The inferior nasal concha

The vomer

The orbit

THE NASAL CAVITY

THE ACCESSORY NASAL SINUSES, THEIR CLINICAL ASPECTS

SKULL JOINTS

Norma verticalis

Norma occipitalis

Norma frontalis

Norma lateralis

Norma basalis

STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH FORAMINA

INTERIOR OF THE SKULL

Anterior cranial fossa

Middle cranial fossa

Posterior cranial fossa

FOETAL SKULL

POSTNATAL GROWTH OF SKULL

SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE SKULL

THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKULL

OSSIFICATION OF CRANIAL BONES

CLINICAL ANATOMY

EPONYMES AND EPONYMIC SYNDROMES OF THE HUMAN SKULL