HEAD

• HEAD AND NECK ASSESSMENT FOCUS ON - the cranium, face, thyroid glands and lymph nodes.
• HEAD - the framework of the head is skull.
• HEAD SUBSECTIONS - the cranium and the face.
• CRANIUM - houses and protects the brain and major sensory organs.
• FACIAL BONES (14)

  • MAXILLA (2)
  • ZYGOMATIC (2)
  • NASAL (2)
  • INFERIOR CONCHAE (2)
  • LACRIMAL (2)
  • PALATINE (2)
  • VOMER (1)
  • MANDIBLE (1)
• NECK - consist of muscles, ligaments and cervical vertebrae.
• STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE - two paired movement which allow movement and provide support to the head and neck.
• C1 TO C7 - located in the posterior neck and support the cranium.
• VERTEBRA PROMINENS - THE C7.
• LYMPH NODES - located in head and neck, filters the lymph. a clear substance composed mostly of excess tissue fluid.
• LYMPHOCYTES AND ANTIBODIES - defense against invasion by the foreign substances, assisting with the body immunity.