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The Nose and Sinuses

The External Nose

...is via superficial lymphatic vessels accompanying the facial vein. These vessels, like all lymphatic vessels of the head and neck, ultimately drain into the deep cervical lymph nodes. Clinical Relevance:...

The Larynx

Laryngeal Cartilages

The larynx (voice box) is an organ located in the anterior neck. It is a component of the respiratory tract, and has several important functions, including phonation, the cough reflex,...

Tissue Ultrastructure

The Lymphatic System

...the head and neck, the right side of the thorax and the right upper limb. The thoracic duct is much larger and drains lymph from the rest of the body....

Structures of the Central Nervous System

The Grey Matter of the Spinal Cord

...horn, the SG is important for relaying pain, temperature and light touch sensation to the brain. Nucleus proprius (NP) – located in the ‘neck’ of the dorsal horn, the NP...

Muscles of the Neck

The Suboccipital Muscles

...the suboccipital compartment of the neck; deep to the sternocleidomastoid, trapezius, splenius and semispinalis muscles. They collectively act to extend and rotate the head. In this article, we shall look...

The Brainstem

The Pons

...the pons including: Descending corticospinal tracts – responsible for voluntary motor control of the body. Descending corticobulbar tracts – responsible for voluntary motor control of face, head and neck. Ascending...

Extras

Review Team

...Jennifer is an anatomist with special interest in head and neck anatomy, medical education and clinically applied anatomy. She has numerous years dissection and teaching experience in the UK and...

Joints of the Lower Limb

Tibiofibular Joints

...to restore the joint to its natural alignment). Complications of proximal tibiofibular joint dislocation include common fibular nerve injury (the nerve winds around the neck of the fibula), and recurrent...

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Obturator Externus

...the compartment. Attachments: Originates from the membrane of the obturator foramen and adjacent bone. It passes under the neck of femur and attaches onto the posterior aspect of the greater...

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Lateral Pterygoid

...sphenoid. The inferior head originates from the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid. The two heads converge into a tendon which attaches to the neck of the mandible. Actions: Bilateral...