Extraoral anatomy in CBCT – a literature review. Part 4: Pharyngocervical region
Thomas Von Arx,
Scott Lozanoff,
Michael M Bornstein
Abstract:
This review about extraoral anatomy depicted in cone beam computed tomography describes the pharyngocervical region. Large (≥ 8 × 8 cm) field of views of the maxilla and/or mandible will inevita-bly depict the pharyngocervical region that com-prises the posterior upper airway, the pharyngeal part of the digestive tract, as well as the cervical segment of the spine. The latter consists of seven cervical vertebrae (C1-C7) with corresponding distinctive features, i.e., the atlas (C1) and the axis (C2). In … Show more
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