This is a fundamental course relevant to students pursuing a future career in dentistry or its related areas of study. Since students have come from various backgrounds, the course will take a regional rather than the systems approach beginning with anatomic concepts in the oral cavity, palate, and pharynx presented from the standpoint of an oral examination. We will cover osteology of the skull, then regional anatomy, the brain, the spinal cord and the cranial nerves with their associations to the autonomic nervous system and their distributions in the head and neck. We will also focus on the anatomic basis for local anesthesia as well as the lymphatics, the vascular system, and the fascias of the head and neck. Additionally we will incorporate clinical considerations. 3 cr, 2nd sem.