THE HEAD AND NECK. 



Any attempt to dissect the general or special regions of the head and neck 

 must be preceded by a thorough review of those osteological parts associated (l) 

 with the attachment of muscles ; (2) with the limitation of surgical or physio- 

 logical areas ; (3) with the transmission of vessels and nerves ; (4) with junctional 

 areas, whether the union is fixed, as between the teeth and alveolus, or movable, 



FIG. 7. THE SKULL. (Norma lateralis. ) 



as between the mandible and the temporal bone. To accomplish this interesting 

 review let the illustrations in the book, the skull, and the cadaver all be used. 



(Fig. 7-) 



I. The complete temporal ridge has (i) a frontal portion ; (2) a parietal 

 portion ; (3) a temporal portion. From it arises the temporal muscle and its 

 aponeurosis. The greater part of the temporal fossa is limited by it. It begins 



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