TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Head and Neck A1 - Ahern, Gerard A1 - Brygel, Maurice Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Exploring Essential Surgery AB - The skull is a closed cavity with numerous apertures for neurovascular transmission. Like the other body cavities, there is constant equalization of pressure between the CSF and venous systems via the arachnoid villi and the apertures. When this becomes lop-sided, it is the soft neural structures and their vascular supplies that are compromised. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167657789 ER -