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Plate 25: Nerves of the head and neck.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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  1. The base of the skull showing the course of the cranial nerves. The orbit, and the petrous portion of the temporal bone are opened from above and the cranial nerves are seen.
  2. Superior view of the nerves of the head and neck (left side).
  3. Deep nerves of the head and neck (left side).
  4. The deep nerves of the head and neck (from the left side).
 Plate 25: Nerves of the head and neck.
Title Page The base of the skull showing the course of the cranial nerves. The orbit, and the petrous portion of the temporal bone are opened from above and the cranial nerves are seen Superior view of the nerves of the head and neck (left side). Deep nerves of the head and neck (left side) The deep nerves of the head and neck (from the left side)