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Anatomy of the Head and Neck

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Surgical and Perioperative Management of Patients with Anatomic Anomalies

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The skull is comprised of numerous flat bones that encase the brain and provide structural support for the face. The skull consists of two parts: The neurocranium is the bone case surrounding the brain.

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  1. Medical Corps, United States Army, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Walter Guillory II

  2. Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Caroline Miller

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans Health, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Gopal Kodumudi

  4. Department of Anatomy and Medical Education, California University of Science and Medicine, San Bernardino, CA, USA

    Rajuno Ettarh

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  1. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

    Deepak Narayan

  2. Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Shanta E. Kapadia

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans Health, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Gopal Kodumudi

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

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Guillory, W., Miller, C., Kodumudi, G., Ettarh, R. (2021). Anatomy of the Head and Neck. In: Narayan, D., Kapadia, S.E., Kodumudi, G., Vadivelu, N. (eds) Surgical and Perioperative Management of Patients with Anatomic Anomalies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55660-0_1

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