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The Skull

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The Skull

Neurocranium
- Vault
  - Formed by desmocranium
- Floor
  - Formed by chondrocranium
Face
- Formed from brachial arches
  - Bars of mesenchymal tissue
  - Mandibular arch
    - 1st
    - Mandibular and maxillary processes
    - Meckle's cartilage
      - Incus and Malleus
      - Sphenomandibular ligament
    - Body of tongue
    - Muscles of Masticatation
  - Hyoid arch
    - 2nd
    - Reichert's cartilage
      - Stapes
      - Lesser horn and superior hyoid bone
      - Stylod process
      - Stylohyoid ligament
      - Thyroid gland and tonsil
      - Muscles of facial expression
      - Posterior belly of digastric
  - 3rd
    - Greater horn of hyoid bone
    - Inferior hyoid body
    - Root of tongue
  - 4th
    - Thyroid cartilage
    - Pharynx and epiglottis
    - Muscle of soft palate
  - Brachial grooves
    - Eardrum and EAM
    - Tonsillar fossa
    - Inferior and superior parathyroid gland
Masticatory Apparatus
- Jaws, joints and musculature
  - Growth of mandible
    - Begins at mental foramen
      - Spreads forwards and backwards
    - Condyle and coronoid processes formed by secondary cartilage
    - Meckle's cave disappears week 24 iud
- Teeth
Blood supply
- Inferior carotid
  - Brain and eye
- External carotid
  - Superior Thyroid
    - Thyroid gland
    - Mucous membrane
    - Muscles of larynx
    - Hyoid region
  - Lingual
    - Tongue
    - Sublingual gland
    - Floor of mouth
    - Lingual gingivae
  - Facial
    - Submandibular gland
    - Superficial structures
      - Face
      - Soft palate
      - Pharynx
      - Tonsils
    - Lower lip
    - Nose and cheek
  - Occipital
    - Scalp
  - Ascending pharyngeal
    - Pharynx and associated muscles
  - Posterior auricular
    - Outer ear
    - Parotid gland
    - Posterior belly of digastric
  - Superficial Temporal
    - Temporal region
    - Scalp
  - Maxillary
    - Mandibular section
      - Middle meningeal artery
        Dura mater and adjacent bones
      - Inferior alveolar artery
        Lower teeth and mandible
        Mental artery
        Soft tissue of lower lip and chin
        Incisive artery
        Teeth
        Bone
        Periodontium
        Gingivae
    - Muscular section
      - Temporalis
      - Masseter
      - Pterygoid muscles
      - Buccal artery
    - Maxillary Section
      - Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery
        Posterior maxillary teeth and bone
        Gingival artery
        Alveolar process and gingivae
      - Infra-orbital artery
        Orbital structures
        Anterior Superior Alveolar Artery
        Anterior teeth
        Bone
        Gingivae
        Cheek and upper lip
    - Sphenopalatine section
      - Descending palatine artery
        Wall of nose
        Lesser palatine artery
        Soft palate
        Tonsilar area
        Greater palatine artery
        Palatine mucosa
        Associated bone and glands
      - Sphenopalatine artery
Cranial nerves
- Olfactory
  - Smell
- Optic
  - Visual info from retina
- Occulomotor
  - Muscles of eye
- Trochlear
  - Visual tracking
- Trigeminal
  - Opthalic division
    - Lacrimal
    - Nasal
    - Frontal
  - Maxillary Division
    - Exits foramen rotundum
    - Posterior superior alveolar nerve
      - Gingivae of permanent molars and cheek
      - Maxillary molars
        Except mesio-buccal root of 6
    - Pterygopalatine ganglion
      - Greater palatine nerve
      - Lesser palatine nerve
      - Long and short sphenopalatine nerves
    - Infra-orbital fissure
      - Middle superior alveolar nerve
        Branches off infra-orbital canal
        Upper premolar teeth
        Mesio-buccal root of 6
      - Anterior superior alveolar nerve
        Branches off infra-orbital canal
        Upper anterior teeth
    - Terminal fibres
  - Mandibular division
    - Exits foramen ovale
    - Infra-temporal fossa
      - Tensor tympani
      - Tensor palali
      - Medial pyerygoid
      - Nervous spinosum
    - Anterior division
      - Masseter
      - Temporalis
      - Lateral pyerygoid
      - Mucous membrane
    - Posterior division
      - Auriculo-temporal nerve
        Parotid up to TMJ
        EAM
      - Lingual nerve
        Submandibular gland and tongue
        Floor of mouth
        Lingual gingivae
      - Inferior alveolar nerve
        Lower molar and premolars
        Mental nerve
        Incisive nerve
        Mylohyoid nerve
- Abducens
  - Lateral gaze
- Facial
  - Branchial motor
    - Facial expression
    - Posterior belly of digastric
    - Stylohyoid
  - Visceral motor
    - Lacrimal, submandibular and sublingual glands
    - Mucous membranes
    - Nasopharynx
    - Soft palate
  - Special sensory
    - Taste sensation
      - Hard and soft palate
      - Anterior 2/3 tongue
  - General sensory
    - Behind ear
- Vestibulocochlear
  - Hearing and balance
- Vagus
  - Branchial motor
    - Muscles of pharynx
    - Palatoglossus
  - Visceral motor
    - Smooth muscle
    - Glands of pharynx and larynx
  - Visceral sensory
    - Larynx
    - Oesophagus
    - Trachea
  - Special sensory
    - Skin of ear and EAM
  - General sensory
    - Epiglottic region
- Glossopharyngeal
  - Branchial motor
    - Stylopharengeus muscle
  - Visceral motor
    - Smooth muscle
    - Glands of pharynx and larynx
    - Viscera of thorax and abdomen
  - Visceral sensory
    - Corotid sinus and body
  - Special sensory
    - Taste posterior 1/3 tongue
  - General sensory
    - Skin of external ear
    - Upper pharynx
- Accessory
  - Muscles of larynx, pharynx and tongue
- Hypoglossal
  - Muscles of tongue except palatoglossus

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