Surface Anatomy
Before starting the dissection of the head and neck, review the following surface structures (on yourself, a classmate, or a patient, but not on the cadaver).
Lateral Head
- Vertex
- Mastoid process
- Ear
- Helix
- Antihelix
- Concha
- External auditory meatus
- Tragus
- Antitragus
- Lobule
- Zygomatic arch
- Angle of the mandible
- Inferior margin of the mandible
Anterior Head
- Eye
- Supraorbital margin
- Palpebral fissure
- Medial commissure
- Lateral commissure
- Lacrimal caruncle, lake and punctum
- Infraorbital margin
- Nostril
- Philtrum
- Oral fissure