Head and Neck Anatomy

Recommended Prerequisites

Students of Head and Neck Anatomy unit should have previous knowledge of the Human Anatomy of the first semester, in order to fully understand the unit learning program.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Theory-practice lessons and Practice sessions.

Learning Outcomes

The main purpose of Head and Neck Anatomy unit is to provide the skills for a full comprehension of the Head and Neck morphology and its international nomenclature (classical latin). By the end of the teaching program, the student should be able to identify, situate and fully understand the function of each structure.

The Head and Neck Anatomy unit emphasises the learning process linked to the medical practice. Thus, the teaching process focus on clinical, imagiological and surgical skills. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - Osteology of the head and neck
1.1 - Skull bones
1.2 - Skull in general
1.3 - Face bones
1.4 - Cavities of the head
1.5 - Hyoid bone
1.6 - Cervical vertebrae
2 - Head and neck joints
2.1 – Joints of the osseous head
2.2 - Temporomandibular joint
2.3 - Joints of the cervical spine
2.4 – Joints between head and cervical spine
3 - Head and neck muscles
3.1 – Muscles of mastication
3.2 - Muscles of facial expression
3.3 – Muscles of the neck
4 - Head and neck vessels
4.1 - Arteries
4.2 - Veins
4.3 – Lymph nodes
5 - Nerves of the head and neck
5.1 - Cranial nerves (apparent origin, route and branches)
5.2 - Cervical spinal nerves
a) Dorsal cervical nerves
b) Cervical Plexus
c) Cervical sympathetic trunk
6 – Sense organs
6.1 – Eye apparatus
6.2 - Auditory and vestibular apparatus
6.3 - Olfactory apparatus
7 - Portions of the digestive and respiratory systems contained in the head and neck
7.1 - Oral cavity or mouth
7.2 - Salivary glands
7.3 - Pharynx
7.4 - Larynx
7.5 - Cervical trachea.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Carlos Eva Miguéis

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Dauber W - Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy. 5th ed. Stuttgart: Thieme Verlag, 2007

- Baker Eric - Head and Neck Anatomy for Dental Medicine. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2010

- Norton, Neil: Netter’s Head and Neck Anatomy for Dentistry Philadelphia, 2nd ed: Saunders, 2012

- Sobotta Atlas of Anatomy - Head, neck and neuroanatomy, 15th ed. Munich: Urban & Fischer, 2011