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Successful maxillofacial surgery requires an intimate knowledge of static and functional anatomy of the head and neck. This chapter will provide a brief review of these areas that are of greatest importance to the maxillofacial surgeon. The present chapter is organized by what is encountered operatively, beginning with the most superficial areas and proceeding inward to the deeper structures. For each plane, the important structures are addressed. Areas of particular interest, such as the orbit and submandibular region, will be highlighted separately.
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Wexler, A.M. (2015). Anatomy of the Head and Neck. In: Taub, P., Patel, P., Buchman, S., Cohen, M. (eds) Ferraro's Fundamentals of Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8341-0_2
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