CHAPTERWISE GUIDELINE OF

“HEAD AND NECK”

IMPORTANT PONTS
• Head n neck is the difficult one and most
important topic of 2nd Year MBBS. Do it firstly
and revise it again and again.
• It is most Important portion for OSPE
• Must do all Norma, Blood Supply, Nerve Supply
of all structures.
• First 13 chapters are MUST DO Chapters. You
can do only blood nerve supply from remaining.
But better not skip anything, at least grab
concept from remaining things also.
• Plus for Osteology, do watch videos of Viren
Karya and for quick revision, Selfless Medicose.
Chapter 1: Osteology
• INTRODUCTION:
Reids base line and frankfurt’s plane,
Paired and unpaired Bones, (v.imp)
• NORMA VERTICALIS:
Ant. and post. fontanelle and their closing
times, Importance of fontanelles, Sutures
(Names and Bones involved),
• NORMA LATERALIS:
Boundaries of suprameatal triangle ((its
importance also), Pterion with clinical imp
(below it is middle meningeal artery)
Asterion
• NORMA FRONTALIS:
Glabella, Nasion, Superciliary arches, Bones
forming Orbital Margin, Infra orbital
Foramen
• NORMA BASALIS: (most imp.)
Incisive Foramen, Palatine foramen,
Pterygoid plates, Stylomastoid Foramen,
Jugular Foramen, Foramen Ovale, Foramen
Spinosum, Foramen Lacerum (Only
Foramen Rotendum is not visible through
the Norma Basilis)
• NORMA OCCIPITALIS:
Lambda, Lambdoid Suture, Nuchal lines,
External Occipital Protuberance, Mastoid
foramen, Asterion, Parietal foramen
• MANDIBLE:
Mental Foramen, Mandibular Foramen,
Mylohyoid Groove, Mylohyoid Line, Genial
Tubercles, Digastric Fossa, Submandibular
Fossa
• CERVICAL VERTEBRA:
Must do their Identification, General
 Features, especially Features of Atypical
Vertebra. Points regarding their Body,
Transverse process, Foramen
Transversarium, Spine of each Vertebra.

Chapter 2: Scalp, Temple and Face

• SCALP:
Extent and structure is just learn (Not imp),
Arterial venous and nerve supply is very
important along with their diagrams
• FACE:
Names of Facial Muscles, Modiolus, Nerve
Supply of face Motor and Sensory (with
diagram), Bell's Palsy very important
Facial Artery very important, Dangerous
area of face Very Important
 Eyelids (Only Read carefully), Lacrimal
Apparatus Very Important with its
secretomotor supply

Chapter 3: Side of Neck

• Deep Cervical Fascia with all its layers

Important,, Carotid Sheath Very Important,
Pharyngeal Spaces Very Important,
Posterior triangle Important

Chapter 4: Anterior Triangle of Neck

• starting three pages (not to do), start from
1st clinical Anatomy Box, Tracheostomy
Very Important
 • All Triangles (submental, digastric, carotid,
muscular) are Very Important including
Boundires, contents.
• External Carotid Artery Very Important,
Ansa Cervicalis Important (for draw)

Chapter 5: parotid region

VERY IMPOTANT CHAPTER

• Relations Very Important, structures within
gland Very imp, Parotid Duct Imp.
• Blood, Nerve supply, Lymphatic drainage,
All are very Important
• Frey Syndrome Imp
Chapter 6: Temporal & Infratemporal Regions

VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER

• Temporal Infratemporal Fossa Very Imp
• Muscles of Mastication Important, their
relations (just read them, not imp)
• Maxillary artery (course, parts, branches)
very very Important, Temporomandibular
Joint Important, (Especially Movements
caused By Specific Muscles, Better do it
from KLM)
• Mandibular Nerve (do it from Pdf I Will
Provide) Otic Ganglia (can be done from
here, but better do it from Chapter at end
of book Appendix)
Chapter 7: Submandibular Region

• Suprahyoid Muscles (Origin Insertion *Not

imp*) (Nerve Supply and Action Very
Important)
• Submandibular Gland (complete alongwith
its relations) Very Important (also
remember Lingual Nerve's relation to the
gland)
•
Chapter 8: Structures In the Neck
IMPORTANT CHAPTER
• Thyroid gland (relations, blood supply Very
Imp, venous and lymphatic drainage, nerve
supply), Thyroidectomy Very Important
• Parathyroid Gland and Thymus (read),
Horner's Syndrome Very Important
 • Subclavian Artery (course and branches )
Very Important, Internal Carotid Artery
Very Very Important (Do it with its portion
given in chapter 12)
• Styloid Apparatus Important
• ( remaining chapter is just A Read )

Chapter 9: Prevertebral & Paravertebral

Regions

• Vertebral Artery Imp, only Names of

Prevertebral and Scalene Muscles, Joints of
Neck Very Important
• Cervical Plexus (Not much Important but do
it).
• Cervical Spondolysis, Death in execution &
hanging Imp
 Chapter 10: Back of Neck
(NOT AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER)
• Suboccipital Triangle Imp, Suboccipital
Muscles (Names Only), Cisternal Puncture
Imp.
Chapter 11: Contents of Vertebral Canal
(NOT TO DO HERE, ITS INCLUDED IN SYLLABUS
OF NEURO)

Chapter 12: Cranial Cavity

• Dura Mater with its Layers Imp, its Folds
(Falx cerebri etc) all Important. blood
supply, nerve supply of Dura Very Very
Important, Extradural & Subdural
Haemorrhage Very Important
 • Venous sinuses (paired/unpaired, location)
All Very Very Important, Relations of
Cavernous sinus Imp
• Hypophysis Cerebri especially its Blood
supply Imp, Trigeminal Ganglia (read),
Middle Meningeal Artery Very Imp
• Internal Carotid Artery Very Very Important
(alongwith portion given in chapter 8)
Chapter 13: Contents of Orbit
• Axis and Fascia (learn), Extraocular Muscles
Alongwith movements they provide and
their Nerve Supple (mnemonic SO4, LR6
AO3) Very Important
• Ophthalmic Artery (Course and Branches)
Very Important
• Remaining chapter is a Read Just
 • optic nerve and phthalmic devision of
trigeminal is to be done from Nerves
provided in a separate Pdf or from
Neuroanatomy BD (written there in a good
way)
Chapter 14: Mouth and Pharynx
VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER
• Nerve supply, Blood Supply, Venous and
Lumphatic Drainage of all structures All
Very Important
• Lips, Cheeks, Gums are just *Read*,
• teeth is *Not in Our syllabus*
• Muscles of soft palate Very Important,
Passavant's ridge Imp, Paralysis of Soft
Palate Imp
• table 14.4 Imp, Waldayer's ring, Palatine
tonsils, Bed of Tonsils, Piriform Fossa,
 Structures in between Pharyngeal Muscles,
Killian's Dehiscence All very Very Important
Chapter 15: Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
• Nerve supply, Blood Supply, Venous and
Lumphatic Drainage of all structures All
Very Important
• Bones involved in formation of Nasal
Septum and Lateral wall of Nose, Figures
15.5, 15.6, 15.10, 15.11 Imp
• Conchae and meatus (alongwith Meatal
Openings) Very very Imp.
• Paranasal Sinuses (location, boundries,
Arterial, venous, Lymphatic, Nerve supply)
Important
• Sinusitis, Spread of Carcinoma Important.
• pterygopalatine fossa and ganglia Imp
Chapter 16: Larynx
• Nerve supply, Blood Supply, Venous and
Lumphatic Drainage of all structures All
Very Important
• Paired and Unpaired Cartilages (Names),
Muscles of Larynx (especially their nerve
supply and Action) Very Imp, Muscles
responsible for movements Imp
• Paralysis of Laryngeal Muscles, Tumor In
Piriform Fossa Imp

Chapter 17: Tongue

VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER
• Nerve supply, Blood Supply, Venous and
Lumphatic Drainage of all structures All
Very Important
 • Muscles of Tongue (especially Nerve
Supply) very imp,
• Nerve Supply is Very very important, why
Genioglossus is called Safety Muscle,
Paralysis of Muscles of tongue Very Imp

Chapter 18: Ear

• Nerve supply, Blood Supply, Venous and

Lumphatic Drainage of all structures All
Very Important
• Contents oof middle ear, difference
between Bony and Membranous Labyrinth.