Anatomy of Head & Neck
- Course Code :
ANA701
- Level :
Postgraduate
- Course Hours :
2.00
Hours
- Entry year :
2024/2025
- Department :
Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine
Aim of the course
• To apply anatomical facts while examining the living subject to reach the proper diagnosis.
• To identify the different surface markings of head with determining the position of muscles and their actions and the course of nerves and vessels.
• To interpret the normal anatomical structures of head on radiographs of different regions of head.
• To get familiar with normal patterns of paranasal sinuses of the widely used radiographs and CT of sinuses.
• To provide appropriate ethical and professional education necessary for dealing with cadavers.
• To correlate anatomical facts with its clinical application.
Course Contents
• Skull: General and particular features: - Bones forming the skull ( name, position and parts of each)- Major foramina and fissures with structures passing, clinical points as commonly fractured areas: (3 hours)
• Mandible: Parts, features, muscles and ligaments attached to it, nerves, vessels and glands related. Foramina in the mandible with passing structures. Common sites of fracture.: (1 hour).
• Scalp: definition, layers, nerve, blood supply and lymph drainage as well as significant clinical points. (1 hour)
• Face: muscles of facial expression, motor and sensory nerve supply of face, blood supply and lymph drainage. Description of dangerous area of face. (2 hours)
• Facial nerve: Course, branches and results of extracranial injury. (1 hour)
• Parotid gland: site, extension, parts, capsule, relations, blood supply, nerve supply effect of its inflammation on embedded structures. (1 hour)
• Temporal, inratempral and pterygoplatine fossae: Boundaries and contents. Muscles of mastication, mandibular nerve, maxillary nerve, maxillary artery, pterygoid venous plexus and sphenopalatine ganglion. (3 hours)
• Temporomandibular joint: Type, variety, articular bones, capsule, ligaments, intra-capsular disc, analysis of the joint movements. Dislocation: causes, site of dislocated head of mandible and how to fix it. (1 hour)
• Cranial cavity: Dural folds, dural venous sinuses, pituitary gland and intracranial course of internal carotid artery. Effects of enlargement of pituitary gland. (2 hours)
• Nasal cavity: Boundaries, parts, nasal septum, features of lateral wall and related orifices, blood and nerve supply. (2 hours)
• Paranasal sinuses: site, number, boundaries and effects of its inflammation). Relation between maxillary sinusitis and abcesses related to roots of premolar and molar teeth of upper jaw. (1 hour)
• Oral cavity: parts, Boundaries, contents, nerve and blood supply. (1 hour)
• Tongue: site, shape, parts, muscles, nerve supply and blood supply. Effect of injury of its motor nerve supply. (1 hour)
• Palate: parts, soft palte (muscles, nerve and blood suppy as well as function). (1 hour)
a) Knowledge and understanding
1- Discuss the basic principles of the structure of different muscles, nerves, vessels, and glands of head.
2- Describe the surface landmarks of the underlying bony features of skull and mandible
3-Point out the basic features of muscles, nerves, vessels, and glands of the head.
4- Outline major clinical applications in the core syllabus of anatomical facts.
b) Intellectual Skills
1- Correlate anatomy of different parts of head with the surface markings in determining the position or course of internal structures of the head.
2- Explain the clinical significance of muscle actions and results of injury of nerves and vessels of the head.
c) Professional and Practical Skills
d) General and transferable skills
1. Didactic Lectures: for acquisition of course knowledge, one two-hour lecture per week.
2. Practical classes: including practical demonstration on dissected specimen and radiological films in the dissecting room, one two-hour session per week.
3. Tutorial classes: 2 hours weekly before dissecting a major region and a brief discussion by the end of each practical lesson.
4. Self-Assessment: As appropriate, self-assessment questions in the form of short essay and/or MCQs.
Teaching and Learning Methods for special needs students
a) Assessment Methods
1. Written examination:
Assessment of Knowledge and understanding in the form of assay, MCQ and fill in the blank’s questions.
2. Practical examinations:
Three minutes per station for a total of 10 stations, testing Identification Knowledge of different anatomical structures on bones and human cadaver.
3. Logbook Assessment of practical activities.
b) Assessment Schedule
Assessment 1: MCQ Quiz exam
Assessment 2: Mid Term Exam (Essay, fill in the blanks, and MCQ)
Assessment 3: MCQ Quiz exam
Assessment 4: Practical exam
Assessment 5: Final written exam
c) Weighting of Assessment
Classwork 40 marks (written and practical)
Final written exam 30 marks
Final practical exam 30 marks
Total 100 marks
a) Course Notes
b) Essential Books (Text Books)
Netter’s Head and Neck Anatomy for Dentistry.
c) Recommended Books
1-Gray’s Anatomy for student
2-Cunningham’s Textbook of Anatomy
d) Scientific periodicals,bulletins,etc...