Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 181-183, May 2008

The skull

John Craven, FRCS, was formerly Consultant Surgeon at York District Hospital, York, UK. He is past chairman of the primary examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Abstract 

The external bony characteristics of the skull are described in this article, with emphasis on surface anatomical features, bony landmarks and relationships to nervous and vascular structures. Common fractures are described, together with their associated complications and diagnostic features.

Keywords: external features, fractures, skull, surface markings

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00050-7

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.03.005

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 181-183, May 2008

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