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== Human head == {{main|Human head|Head and neck anatomy}} The [[human head]] is an anatomical unit that consists of the [[Human skull |skull]], [[hyoid bone]] and [[cervical vertebrae]]. The skull consists of the brain case which encloses the [[cranial cavity]], and the [[facial skeleton]], which includes the [[mandible]]. There are eight bones in the brain case and fourteen in the facial skeleton.<ref name="Halim2008">{{cite book |first=A. |last=Halim |title=Human Anatomy:Volume Iii: Head, Neck And Brain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx0a1AIiBKQC | date=30 December 2008 |publisher=I. K. International |isbn=978-81-906566-4-1 |page=3}}</ref> Sculptures of human heads are generally based on a [[Human skeleton |skeletal]] structure that consists of a cranium, [[jaw]]bone, and [[cheekbone]]. Though the number of muscles making up the face is generally consistent between sculptures, the shape of the muscles varies widely based on the function, development, and expressions reflected on the faces of the subjects.<ref name="Slobodkin1973">{{cite book |first=Louis |last=Slobodkin |title=Sculpture: Principles and Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugsSRVCgkicC&pg=PA31 |year=1973 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-22960-7 |page=31}}</ref> Proponents of [[wikt:identism |identism]] believe that the mind is identical to the brain. Philosopher [[John Searle]] asserts his identist beliefs, stating "the [[Human brain |brain]] is the only thing in the human head". Similarly, Dr. [[Henry Bennet-Clark]] has stated that the head encloses billions of "miniagents and microagents (with no single Boss)".<ref name="Cobb2008">{{cite book |first=John B. |last=Cobb |title=Back To Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuhxgMlqjbwC&pg=PA375 |date=4 February 2008 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-4837-6 |pages=371β375}}</ref> <gallery> File:View of a Skull III.jpg |[[Sagittal plane |Mid-sagittal]] section of a [[human skull]], by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], {{Circa |1489}} File:Bartholin head transect.jpg |Transection of a human head, by [[Thomas Bartholin]], 1673 </gallery>
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