Intro; Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Compartments of Head and Neck; 1.2 Spatial and Structural Relations; 1.3 Paired and Unpaired Structures; 1.4 Coherence Spatial; 1.5 What Is Said of Head and Neck and One's Personality?; 1.6 Head and Neck and Quitilian's Rhetoric; 1.7 Head Transplantation; 1.8 Head and Neck Summary; References; 2 The Skullcap, Cranial Vault or Calvarium; 2.1 Introduction: Landmarks of the Skull; 2.1.1 The Mona Lisa; 2.1.2 Dante Alighieri; 2.2 Trepanation; 2.2.1 History and Research; 2.2.2 Human Migration Worldwide

2.2.3 Frequency of Trepanation2.2.4 Amulets and Postmortem Trepanation; 2.2.5 Modern Surgical Trepanation; 2.2.5.1 Modern Neurosurgery; 2.2.5.2 Witch Doctor Surgery in Africa; Arabic and Byzantine Trepanation and the Treatment of Head Wounds; Undertaker; 2.3 Calvarium Research; 2.3.1 Spaceflights; 2.3.2 Sutures, Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor and Craniosynostosis; 2.4 Skull Structure and Yellow Bone Marrow; 2.5 Vesalius (1514-1564) and Skull Morphology; 2.6 Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) and the "Oldest" Miniature-Scale Sculpture of the Skull; 2.7 Epilepsy and Electrodes; References

3 Malformation and Identity3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Terminology; 3.3 Head and Neck Malformations; 3.3.1 Acardiacus; 3.4 Identity; 3.5 Neural Crest Malformations; 3.5.1 Neural Crest and Placodes; 3.5.1.1 Cephalic Migration (Figs. 3.7 and 3.8); 3.5.1.2 Trunk Migration (Figs. 3.7 and 3.8); 3.5.2 Placodes; 3.5.3 Craniofacial Malformations: Holoprosencephaly; References; 4 The Development of the Bony Skull; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Breaks in Growth Velocity; 4.3 Principles of Skull Development; 4.4 Mesoderm, Neural Crest and Placode; 4.5 Eye Dominance and the Orbit; 4.6 Foetal Movements and Skull Growth

4.6.1 The Mandible4.7 The Skull Base Development; 4.7.1 Neuromere Borders and Crest Cell Migration; 4.7.2 The Development of the Tympanic Cavity and the Tympanic Ring; 4.8 The Jugular Foramen; References; 5 Gustation, The Act or Sensation of Tasting; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Taste and Its Definition; 5.3 Henning Again; 5.4 Changing Your Taste: A Puzzling Mystery; 5.5 Transmitting the Taste Signal; 5.6 Taste and Pregnancy; 5.7 Diseases and Taste; 5.8 Understanding Taste Information; 5.9 The "Fusion" Kitchen: Clove, Oregano and Chilli; 5.10 Reflexes, Taste and the Tongue

5.10.1 Blowfly Snout Reflex5.10.2 Human Tongue Reflex; 5.11 Manipulation of Taste; References; 6 Oral Cavity: Tongue, Palate and Teeth; 6.1 Intermezzo: Topography of Spaces in Head and Neck; 6.2 Teeth; 6.2.1 Awareness of the Oral Cavity: Carious Toothache; 6.2.2 Tooth Eruption; 6.3 The Tongue; 6.4 Supra- and Infrahyoidal Muscles; 6.5 Substantia Nigra and the Oral Cavity; 6.6 The Soft Palate; 6.6.1 Anatomy and Function of the Soft Palate Muscles; 6.6.2 Innervation of the Muscles of the Upper Pharynx and Soft Palate; 6.6.3 Palate Myoclonus; References