title: Medial exposure for dissection of the cranial nerves in situ by medical students.
abstract: In this article, we illustrate and briefly describe a medial approach, in the sagittally sectioned preserved human head, to display all of the cranial nerves, in situ and in continuity. The method has been successfully used by more than six cohorts of our second-year medical students, and can be completed within a 90-min dissecting session.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans