Components covered in this scalp section:

• Extent of scalp

• Scalp layers

 

 

 

Extent of Scalp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extent of scalp:

• Anteriorly- supraorbital margins of frontal bone

• Posteriorly- until superior nuchal line on occipital bone

• Laterally- over temporal fascia to zygomatic arches

 

 

Scalp Layers

 

Scalp layers:

• Skin

• Connective tissue- dense

• Aponeurosis (frontal belly of occipitofrontalis muscle)

• Loose connective tissue

• Pericranium