Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Human Skull
o A Preliminary Look at the Skull
2. The Skull as a Whole
o General Review of the Skull
o The Skull as seen from the Front
o The Orbit
o The Skull as seen from Above
o The Skull as seen from Behind
o The Skull as seen from the Lateral Side
o The Skull as seen from Below
o The Cranial Fossae
o Detailed List of Foramina of the Skull and of Structures Passing Through Them
o The Nasal Cavity
o The Paranasal Sinuses
3. Individual Bones of the Skull
o The Mandible
o The Maxilla
o The Zygomatic Bone
o The Frontal Bone
o The Parietal Bone
o The Occipital Bone
o The Temporal Bone
o The Sphenoid Bone
o The Palatine Bones
o The Ethmoid Bone
o Some Small Bones
o The Hyoid Bone
4. Some Muscles of Head and Neck
o Buccinator
o Temporalis
o Masseter
o Origin of Pterygoid Muscles
o Medial and Lateral Pterygoid
o Platysma
o Sternocleidomastoid
o Infrahyoid Muscles
o Lateral Vertebral Muscles
o Anterior Vertebral Muscles
o Suboccipital Muscles
o Erector Spinae
o Splenius Capitis
o Semispinalis Capitis
5. The Vertebral Column
o Structure of a Typical Vertebra
A Typical Cervical Vertebrae