MBBS | Human-Anatomy | Syllabus | Head & neck
S.No | Topic | Domain | Time(in hour)
Theory & practical |
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Must know | Desirable to know | Nice to know | |||
1 | Introduction | Introduction to skull bones, sutures, surface landmarks | 1 | ||
2 | Osteology | Identification, articulations, exterior and interior of skull of skull,
foramina in skull with the structures passing through them Mandible, cervical vertebra |
Individual skull bones: frontal, occipital, maxilla, sphenoid & temporal bones | Foetal skull, hyoid bone | 24 |
3 | Scalp | Layers; vascular supply, nerve supply, applied aspect | Lymphatic drainage | 3 | |
4 | Eyelid & lacrimal apparatus | Parts of lacrimal apparatus specially lacrimal gland anatomy,
its nerve supply |
Structures of eyelid | Developmental anomalies | 1 |
5 | Face | Extent, fascia, muscles of facial expression with actions, arterial supply, venous drainage of face, nerve supply, dangerous area of face; facial palsy; | Lymphatic drainage, trigeminalneuralgia
Origin & insertion of muscles of facial expression |
4 | |
6 | Deep cervical fascia | Attachment of Investing layer; pre vertebral fascia; pre tracheal fascia; carotid sheath; applied aspect | Pharyngeal spaces | Relations of all cervical fascia | 2 |
7 | Posterior triangle | Subdivision, boundaries & contents, applied anatomy,
sternocleido mastoid muscle ( origin, insertion, nerve supply, actions) |
Relations of sternocleidomastoid | 3 | |
8 | Back of neck | Suboccipital triangle (boundaries & contents)
Sub occipital plexus of vein |
1 | ||
9 | Anterior triangle of neck | Sub divisions, Boundaries & contents,
supra & infra hyoid muscles, applied anatomy |
Origin & insertion of supra & infra hyoid muscles, Cervical plexus | Carotid body & sinus, pre & para vertebral region | 7 |
10 | Parotid gland | Location, relations, vascular supply, nerve supply, applied aspect | Lymphatic drainage | development | 3 |
11 | Submandibular gland | Location, relation, vascular supply, nerve supply, applied aspect | Lymphatic drainage | Sublingual gland | 3 |
11 | Hypophysiscerebri | Relations, sub divisions, blood and nerve supply, applied aspect | Hypothalamo- hypophyseal portal system | Pituitary tumors | 1 |
12 | Orbit | Extraocular muscles & their actions, nerve supply, nerves & vessels of orbit, applied aspect, cilliary ganglion, Demo – bony orbit | Origin & insertion of extraocular muscles, Ophthalmic artery | Sympathetic nerves of the orbit | 6 |
13 | Temporal & infra temporal region | Muscles of mastication (origin, insertion), nerve supply & actions | Relations | Mandibular neuralgia | 3 |
14 | Mandibular nerve | Course, relations, branches, distribution, applied aspect | Surface marking | 3 | |
15 | Maxillary artery &pterygoid plexus | Course, branches, distribution, applied aspect | Pterygoid venous plexus | 3 | |
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16 | Temporomandibular joint | In detail – Type, relations, ligaments, blood and nerve supply; movements with special emphasis on muscles causing movements, applied aspect | Relations of TM joint | 1 | |
17 | Thyroid gland | Location, relations, vascular supply, nerve supply , applied aspect | Surface marking | Parathyroid gland, thymus | 3 |
18 | Great vessels of neck | Subclavian, common carotid and external carotid artery: course & branches
Internal jugular vein and its tributaries |
Relations of all great vessels, subclavian vein | Cervical sympathetic ganglia | 3 |
19 | Lymphatic drainage of Head& Neck | Different groups, their locations, distributions, applied anatomy | 1 | ||
20 | Joints of Head & Neck | Type, ligaments, movements
with special emphasis on atlanto-axial &atlanto-occipital joints |
Ligaments in detail,
applied anatomy |
1 | |
21 | Oral cavity and Tongue | General description of oral cavity,
Tongue : features, muscles, vascular andnerve supply and applied aspect |
Injury to hypoglossal nerve | 1 | |
22 | Palate | Muscles ( origin, insertion, actions, nerve supply )
Demo – Sagittal section of head and neck |
Morphology of palatopharyngeus | 3
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23 | Pharynx | Sub divisions ( naso, oro&layngo pharynx), relations, muscles,
nerve supply, applied antomy Demo – Sagittal section of head and neck |
Killian’s Dehiscence | Deglutition | 4 |
24 | Tonsils &
auditory tube |
Features, relations, arteries, waldeyer’s ring, applied anatomy | Development | Tonsillectomy | 1 |
25 | Nose &
Paranasal sinuses |
Nasal septum, Lateral wall of nose with meatuses and chonchae, nerve and vascular supply, Littles’s area ;
Maxillary air sinus, Other paranasal sinuses (frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidals applied anatomy
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) | Boundaries of pterygopalatine fossa | 5 |
26 | Maxillary nerve &pterygopalatine ganglion | Course, branches, distribution, applied anatomy
Connections & distribution |
Relations of maxillary nerve | 1 | |
27 | Larynx | Cartilages, structures, ligaments, muscles, nerve supply, applied aspect, movements of vocal cords
Demo – Sagittal section of head and neck |
Mechanism of speech | 4 | |
28 | Ear | Parts, tympanic membrane, middle ear cavity its boundaries, relations , vascular & nerve supply | Inner ear | Ear ossicles,
mastoid antrum |
2 |
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29 | Peripheral parasympathetic ganglion | Ciliary, otic, pterygopalatine and submandibular ganglion :
Features, connection, branches and applied aspect |
1 | ||
30 | Cranial Nerves
III, IV, VI |
Functional components, course, branches, distributions, applied aspect | Relations | 1 | |
31 | Cranial Nerve VII | Functional components, course, branches, distributions, applied aspect | Relations | 2 | |
32 | Cranial Nerves IX, X | Functional components, course, branches, distributions, applied aspect | Relations | 1 | |
33 | Cranial Nerves XI, XII | Functional components, course, branches, distributions, applied aspect | Relations | 1 | |
34 | Cranial cavity | Folds of dura mater, dural venous sinuses, applied aspect | Sphenoparital sinus, basilar venous plexus | 4 | |
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Cavernous sinus | Location, relations, tributaries, communications & applied aspect | 1 | ||
36 | Radiographic anatomy | Identification, joints, carotid angiogram, Water’s view | 2 |