Only the basic information is available to the student, however, but opportunities for outside learning present themselves throughout the text via website links embedded in images and the exhaustive list of references following each chapter to direct the cerebral student to more advanced research in the field. Additionally, the inclusion of chapters dedicated to pharmacogenomics and customized ...

The head consists of the skull, face, scalp, teeth, brain, cranial nerves, meninges, special sense organs, and other structures such as blood vessels, lymphatics, and fat. It is also the site where food is ingested and air is inspired and expired (Fig. 101; Fig. 102). Diseases of important structures in the head form the bases of many medical, dental, and surgical specialties dentistry, maxillo...

BACKGROUND As medical schools seek to standardize ultrasound training and incorporate clinical correlations into the basic science years, we proposed that ultrasonography should have a greater role in the anatomy curriculum. OBJECTIVES To describe the introduction of ultrasound into the curriculum of a first-year medical student anatomy course and evaluate the utility of this introduction. ...

Objective- The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the radiographic anatomy of the bony structures in the head of sheep. Design- Experimental study. Animals- Fifteen mature Afshari sheep. Procedures- Radiographs were made out of the head of the animals in lateral and dorsoventral views. Radiographic anatomy was analyzed with results from gross dissection of 5 specimens. Results- De...