To display this 3D file use Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later. Free download this program from http://www.adobe.com/

To start navigation click on the 3D model image: the tool bar will appear. The different functions will be activated by keeping the cursor over the image and simultaneously pressing the left button of the mouse while moving it in the desired direction.

To highlight specific anatomical parts (10^th, 12^th, great auricular and cervical plexus nerves) click directly over them or on the Toogle Model Tree icon in the toolbar and then choose view of the desired submodel in the menu at the left side of the image

No complete or partial reproduction and publication of this model is allowed without written approval by the Scientific Director of the Museum.

To display this 3D file use Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.0 or later, or compatible program. Free download this program from Microsoft website. An alternative program for every major operative system is VideoLAN VLC Media Player, freely downloadable from VideoLAN website.

Navigation refers to the 3D anatomical model previously presented (see 3D Model). Once this file is open visualization of the content is automatic, and navigation proceeds in cranial-caudal direction.

Navigation starts from the internal surface of the base of the skull following a sagittal cut that divides the middle from the posterior fossae at the level of the petromastoid part of the temporal bone. It continues downward parallel to the styloid process of the temporal bone, up to the internal carotid artery and vagus nerve. Once the hypoglossal nerve is reached it can be recognized as medial to these structures, and its dorsal-ventral course can be followed up to its sublingual terminal branches. Then navigation resumes backward to reach the carotid bifurcation and the anterior branches C2-C4 of the cervical plexus. Finally, navigation proceeds with cranial-caudal direction parallel to the course of the vagus nerve in the neck, an finally returns above into the cranial base.

No complete or partial reproduction and/or publication of this model is allowed without written approval by the Scientific Director of the Museum.