head and neck

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• Head and neck anatomy — focuses on the structures of the head and neck of the human body, including the brain, bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, glands, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, and throat. It is an area frequently studied in depth by surgeons, dentists, dental… …   Wikipedia

• Head and neck pathology — is the subspecialty of surgical pathology and dentistry which deals with the diagnosis and characterization of neoplastic and non neoplastic diseases of the neck, scalp, face, ears, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, oral cavity, salivary glands,… …   Wikipedia

• Head and neck cancer — ] Smokeless tobacco is an etiologic agent for oral and pharyngeal cancers. [cite journal |author=Winn D |title=Smokeless tobacco and aerodigestive tract cancers: recent research directions |journal=Adv Exp Med Biol |volume=320 |issue=… …   Wikipedia

• Head and neck cancer — The common carcinomas of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx as well as other tumors that affect the head and neck. These include: {{}}Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer Lip and oral cavity cancer Nasopharyngeal cancer Oropharyngeal cancer… …   Medical dictionary

• head and neck cancer — Cancer that arises in the head or neck region (in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lip, mouth, salivary glands, throat, or larynx [voice box]) …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery —   …   Wikipedia

• Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week — Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week[1] (May 8, 2011 May 14, 2011) is a weeklong series of events to promote education and awareness of cancers of the head and neck region. The highlight of OHANCAW is a day of free screenings across the… …   Wikipedia

• Myoepithelioma of the head and neck — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a myoepithelioma. H E stain. Myoepithelioma of the head and neck, also myoepithelioma, is a tumour of the head and neck that …   Wikipedia

• Head and Neck Rake — A move that was popularized by André the Giant. The attacker places his opponent in a standing headscissors, then jumps up and down, aggravating the neck area) …   Wikipedia

• Neck and neck — Neck Neck (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• neck and neck — I adjective inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck the election was a nip and tuck affair • Syn: ↑head to head, ↑nip and tuck • Similar to:… …   Useful english dictionary