Head


region of body above the neck

bones: skull, ossicles

joints: sutures, temporomandibular joint, joints of the ossicles

muscles: extraocular muscles, facial muscles, auricular muscles, muscles of mastication, muscles of the middle ear, muscles of the tongue, muscles of the soft palate, muscles of the pharynx

viscera: brain, cranial nerves, olfactory system, gustatory system, pituitary gland, mouth and oral cavity, ****nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx

Eye and Accessory Structures

Ear and Accessory Structures

Neck


region of body between head and thorax

bones: cervical vertebrae, hyoid bone

joints: atlanto-occipital joint, atlantoaxial joint, facet joints, uncovertebral joints

muscles: platysma, sternocleidomastoid, muscles of the pharynx, muscles of the larynx, suprahyoid muscles, infrahyoid muscles, scalene muscles, suboccipital muscles

viscera: pharynx, larynx, trachea, esophagus, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, cervical spinal cord, cervical lymph nodes

arteries: common carotid artery, vertebral artery, thyrocervical trunk

veins: internal jugular vein, external jugular vein