Synonyms: caput (Latin), cephalon (Greek)
German: Kopf
The head is the uppermost part of the human body that hosts the brain, the food uptake organs, the access to the airways and important sensory organs.
The bony base of the head is the skull, which is mobile on the cervical spine and secured by numerous ligaments and muscles. The most important part of the head is the face, which takes up almost the complete anterior surface of the head. The face is formed by the viscerocranium and has three key characteristics:
The head has numerous cavities inside which are either filled by organs or pneumatized. These include:
Anatomically, the head can be divided into different regions, the regiones capiti (cranial regions) or regiones faciales (facial regions). They facilitate the description of the topography (location) of structures or pathological alterations. The most important regions comprise:
Latin | English |
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Regio buccalis | Cheeks |
Regio infraorbitalis | Infraorbital region |
Regio mentalis | Chin |
Regio nasalis | Nasal region |
Regio oralis | Oral region |
Regio orbitalis | Orbital region |
Regio parotideomasseterica | Parotideal region |
Regio zygomatica | Zygomatic region |
Latin | English |
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Regio auricularis | Auricular region |
Regio frontalis | Forehead region |
Regio mastoidea | Mastoid region |
Regio occipitalis | Occipital region |
Regio parietalis | Parietal region |
Regio temporalis | Temporal region |
Already in the cervical region, at the caudal border, you can find the submental triangle and the submandibular triangle.
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