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Face and head (CT) - Interactive Atlas of Cross-Sectional Anatomy

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This face, head and neck anatomic atlas is an educating tool for studying the normal anatomy of the face based on a contrast enhanced multidetector computed tomography imaging (axial and coronal planes). Interactive labeled images allow a comprehensive study of the anatomical structures.

Cross sectional anatomy: CT of the head and neck

A coronal and axial contrast enhanced multidetector computed tomography imaging of the head and neck was performed on a healthy subject.
DICOM images archived in the PACS (Picture Archiving and Communicating System) were processed and exported as JPEG images.
The software Macromedia Flash and Adobe Photoshop permit us the development of anatomical atlas software with a suitable functionality and user interface for the exploration of the head and neck and the skull base.
Anatomical structures were labeled according to the new Terminologia Anatomica.

Anatomy of the head and neck: how to visualize anatomic labels

This atlas is a comprehensive and affordable learning tool for residents and medical students and especially for radiologists and surgeons.
It provides to images in the axial and coronal planes so the user is able to study and learn anatomy interactively. Images are labeled, providing a comprehensive teaching resource. Evaluation of user progress is assessed with the test mode.
The horizontal menu allows an access to the groups of anatomical structures:
- Bones: ethmoidal, frontal, lacrimal, palatine, parietal , temporal and zygomatic bones, mandible, maxilla, sphenoid, vomer.
- Teeth
- Arteries
- Veins
- Muscles
- Nerves
- Foramen
- Cavities
- Mucosa/glands
- Lymph nodes regions
As the cursor is moved over a particular anatomic area, that area is highlighted and labeled: this tool has been chosen to show deep face spaces and cavities:
- Pharyngeal mucosal space
- Oral cavity
- Masticator space
- Parotid space
- Carotid space
- Retropharyngeal space
- Perivertebral space
- Visceral space
- Posterior cervical space
- Sublingual space
- Submandibular fossa
- Paravertebral space
- Prevertebral space
- Retropharyngeal space
The vertical left menu provides axial, coronal and sagittal reference tools of the face, with anatomical graphics based on a three dimensional (3D) model.

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Labeled anatomical structures

List of labels (English - also available in French and Latin (terminologia anatomica)):

Abducent nerve; Abducens nerve VI
Accessory nerve XI
Alveolar process
Alveolar recess (Maxillary sinus)
Anatomical structures
Angle of mandible
Angular artery
Angular vein
Anterior cerebral artery
Anterior clinoid process
Anterior cranial fossa
Anterior deep temporal artery
Anterior ethmoidal foramen
Anterior jugular vein
Anterior nasal spine
Arteries
Articular tubercle
Aryepiglottic fold
Ascending pharyngeal artery
Atlas C I
Auditory tube
Auditory tube
Axis C II
Basilar artery
Body of hyoid bone
Body of mandible
Body of sphenoid bone
Body of tongue
Bones
Bones
Buccinator
C3
C4
C5
Canine tooth
Carotid canal
Carotid space
Cavernous sinus
Cavities
Choana; Posterior nasal aperture
Choroid plexus
Clivus
Clivus
Cochlear nerve
Common carotid artery
Common trunk (facial, retromandibular and lingual veins)
Condylar canal
Condylar process
Coronoid process
Cranial base (Bones)
Cranial base (Foramens)
Cribriform foramina
Cribriform plate
Crista galli
Deep facial vein
Depressor anguli oris
Depressor labii inferioris
Descending palatine artery
Diagrams
Digastric (Anterior belly)
Digastric (Posterior belly)
Digastric fossa
Dorsal nasal artery; External nasal artery
Dorsum sellae
Epicranius
Epiglottis
Ethmoid; Ethmoidal bone
Ethmoidal bulla
Ethmoidal bulla
Ethmoidal cells
External acoustic meatus
External carotid artery
External intercostal muscle
External jugular vein
External palatine vein
Eyeball
Facial artery
Facial artery
Facial nerve VII
Facial vein
Foramen caecum
Foramen lacerum
Foramen magnum
Foramen ovale
Foramen rotundum
Foramen spinosum
Foramen transversarium
Foramens
Frontal bone
Frontal bone
Frontal crest
Frontal process
Frontal process
Frontal sinus
Frontonasal duct
Genioglossus
Geniohyoid
Glabella
Glossopharyngeal nerve IX
Great cerebral vein
Greater horn
Greater palatine foramen
Greater wing
Head of mandible
Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve
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Horizontal plate
Hyoglossus
Hypoglossal canal
Hypoglossal nerve XII
Hypophysial fossa
Incisive fossa
Incisor tooth Central
Incisor tooth Lateral
Inferior alveolar artery
Inferior constrictor
Inferior labial branch
Inferior nasal concha
Inferior nasal meatus
Inferior oblique
Inferior ophthalmic vein
Inferior orbital fissure
Inferior rectus
Infraorbital artery
Infraorbital foramen
Infraorbital recess (Maxillary sinus)
Infratemporal surface
Internal acoustic meatus
Internal carotid artery
Internal jugular vein
Intraglandular nodes
Jugular foramen
Jugular trunk
Jugulodigastri c nod
Jugum sphenoidale; Sphenoidal yoke
Lacrimal bone
Lacrimal bone
Lacrimal canaliculus
Lacrimal groove
Laryngeal inlet
Laryngopharynx; Hypopharynx
Lateral cervical nodes
Lateral plate
Lateral pterygoid
Lateral rectus
Lesser horn
Lesser palatine foramina
Lesser wing
Levator anguli oris
Levator labii superioris
Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
Levator palpebrae superioris
Levator scapulae
Levator veli palatini
Lingual artery
Lingual artery
Lingual vein
Lingula
Longissimus capitis
Lymph nodes regions
Mandible
Mandibular foramen
Mandibular fossa
Mandibular nerve; Mandibular division Vc; V3
Mandibular notch
Masseter
Masticator space
Mastoid cells
Mastoid process
Maxilla
Maxillary artery
Maxillary nerve; Maxillary division Vb; V2
Medial plate
Medial pterygoid
Medial rectus
Mental foramen
Mental protuberance
Mental tubercle
Middle cerebral artery
Middle constrictor
Middle cranial fossa
Middle meningeal artery
Middle meningeal veins
Middle nasal concha
Middle nasal meatus
Molar tooth (1)
Molar tooth (2)
Molar tooth (3)
Mucosal pharyngeal space
Mucosas / Glands
Muscles
Muscles of soft palate and fauces
Mylohyoid
Mylohyoid groove
Mylohyoid line
Nasal bone
Nasal cavity
Nasal surface
Nasopharynx
Nerves
Nodi sternocleidomastoides
Obliquus capitis inferior
Obliquus capitis superior
Occipital artery
Occipital bone
Occipital condyle
Oculomotor nerve III
Olfactory nerve I
Opening of maxillar sinus
Opening of sphenoidal sinus
Ophthalmic artery
Optic canal
Optic nerve II
Oral cavity
Orbicularis oris
Orbital plate
Orbital surface
Orbital surface
Orbital surface (Greater wing)
Orbital surface (Lesser wing)
Orbital surface (Zygomatic bone)
Oropharynx
Ouverture du sinus maxillaire
Palatine bone
Palatine process
Palatine tonsil
Palatopharyngeal arch; Posterior pillar of fauces
Palatopharyngeus
Parapharyngeal space
Paravertebral space
Parietal bone
Parietal bone
Parotid gland
Parotid space
Perpendicular plate
Perpendicular plate
Petrous part of temporal bone
Pharyngeal recess
Piriform fossa; Piriform recess
Platysma
Posterior auricular artery
Posterior cerebral artery
Posterior cervical space
Posterior clinoid process
Posterior cranial fossa
Prechiasmatic sulcus
Premolar tooth (1)
Premolar tooth (2)
Prevertebral space
Pterygoid fovea
Pterygoid hamulus
Pterygopalatine fossa
Ramus of mandible
Rectus capitis posterior major
Retromandibular vein
Retromaxillozygomatic space
Retropharyngeal nodes
Retropharyngeal space
Risorius
Root of tongue
Salpingopharyngeal fold
Scalenus muscles
Semispinalis capitis
Semispinalis cervicis
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Sigmoid sinus
Soft palate
Soft tissues
Sphenoid; Sphenoidal bone
Sphenopalatine artery
Sphenopalatine foramen
Spine of sphenoid bone
Splenius capitis
Squamous part
Sternocleidomastoid
Sternohyoid Thyrohyoid Omohyoid
Styloglossus
Styloid process
Stylomastoid foramen
Stylopharyngeus
Sublingual gland
Sublingual space
Submandibular fossa
Submandibular fossa
Submandibular ganglion
Submandibular gland
Submental artery
Submental nodes
Submental vein
Superficial parotid nodes
Superficial temporal artery
Superficial temporal veins
Superior constrictor
Superior laryngeal artery
Superior laryngeal artery
Superior laryngeal artery
Superior mental spine; Superior genial spine
Superior nasal concha
Superior oblique
Superior ophthalmic vein
Superior orbital fissure
Superior petrosal sinus
Superior rectus
Superior sagittal sinus
Superior thyroid artery
Supraorbital notchforamen
Sympathetic trunk
Teeth
Temporal bone
Temporal process
Temporal space
Temporalis; Temporal muscle
Tensor veli palatini
Torus tubarius
Transverse facial artery
Trigeminal ganglion
Trigeminal nerve V
Trochlear nerve IV
Tuberculum sellae
Tympanic canaliculus
Tympanic cavity
Tympanic part
Uncinate process
Uvula
Vagus nerve X
Veins
Vertebral artery
Vertebral artery
Vestibular canaliculus
Visceral space of the neck
Vomer
Vomer
Window
Zygomatic bone
Zygomatic process
Zygomatic process
Zygomatic recess (Maxillary sinus)
Zygomaticofacial foramen
Zygomaticus major
Zygomaticus minor

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luv the site , May 05, 2008

By gulafshan khan

luv the site saves time ... and an encourging link to study mmore..

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axis vs atlas, April 06, 2008

By David Eastham

looks like the C1 and C2 vertebrae are labelled wrong as I look at the ct coronal. thanks for all the hard work. love the site.

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Excellent site - keep it up, March 28, 2008

By Roy Thomas

I have to acknowledge that your website has saved my day on many occasions and is a useful tool to the discerning students of anatomy and the general physicians who are not familiar with the cross-sectional anatomy.

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I LOVE THIS, March 21, 2008

By Melonie Nance

THIS IS WONDERFUL! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH. I noticed the few small label errors but this is a VALUABLE resource. THANKS

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well done, great site. , March 12, 2008

By lawrence josey

not too sure about the labelling of the anterior belly of the digastric, I think it is labelled incorrectly as the posterior belly.

Addit.. The website is excellent, I study with it for my R.A.N.Z.C.R primary. along with buttler, moore, ryan and lasts. Thankyou. I tell my colleagues about it regularly

Thankyou also for the updates... shoulder, head/neck etc.

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You're right, March 12, 2008

By Antoine Micheau

The english label of the anterior belly of the digsastric is wrong (but not the french label).
It will be changed for e-anatomy v2.0

Thanks

A. Micheau

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Longissimus capitis, February 04, 2008

By DD DD

Longissimus capitis is it really near the constrictor muscle? Regards

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awesome, January 26, 2008

By adam edelstein

this whole website is great. this is every atlas i have at the scroll of a mouse button. what a time and lifesaver. thank you

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