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Skull (Norma
Verticalis)
Anteriorly
the frontal bone articulates with
the two parietal bones
AT THE
CORONAL
SUTURE
The two parietal bones articulate in
the midline
AT THE SAGITTAL
SUTURE
lambdoid sutures
To assist one in memorizing the names of the five layers
of the scalp, use each letter of the word SCALP to
ue
.denote the layer of the scalp
i s s u e
t s
i v e e t is
s
kin nect rosi ctiv
s n eu ne
S— co on con m.
C— ap ose teu
A— lo rios
L— pe
P—
S—
C— sk
A— co in
L— ap nn
P— lo on ecti
kin
pe ose eur ve t
rio co osi iss
S—s
ste nn s ue
e
um ct
. iv e
tis
su
e
issue t
ctive
onne
C—c
si
issue
euro
tive t
pon
P—periosteum
c
onne
A—a
ose c
L—lo
The Scalp
The scalp consists of FIVE LAYERS
S-skin
C-connective tissue (dense)
A-aponeurotic layer
L-loose connective tissue
P-pericranium
The first three of which are intimately
bound together and move as a unit
Skin-1
is thick contains hair and contains
numerous sebaceous glands
i s the
lp
sca
ha t
ber t n site
em o st
Rem comm eous cy
r s ebac
fo
Sebaceous cyst
2-Connective tissue
Made of fibrous fascia and
septa
which unite the skin to the
underlying aponeurosis of the
occipitofrontalis muscle
Contains
numerous arteries and veins!!!
Epicranail aponeurosis
The lateral margins of the aponeurosis
.are attached to the temporal fascia
The subaponeurotic space is the
potential space beneath the epicranial
.aponeurosis
It is limited in front
and behind by the
origins of the The tension of the epicranial aponeurosis,
occipitofrontalis produced by the tone of the occipitofrontalis
muscle, and it extends muscles, is important in all deep wounds of the
laterally as far as the scalp. If the aponeurosis has been divided, the
attachment of the wound will gape open. For satisfactory healing
aponeurosis to the to take place, the opening in the aponeurosis
temporal fascia must be closed with sutures
r oti c
p o neu
su ba e
c
The spa r the
un de is of
Is uros li s
n e n t a
apo itofro
ip e
occ muscl
4-Loose areolar tissue Also called the dangerous area
Of the scalp
Occupies the subaponeurotic space and extends anteriorly to the eyelids Therefore, any blood
collection in this layer may extend to the root of the nose and the eyelids causing Black eye