The posterior compartment of the arm is an anatomic compartment which contains muscles which are all supplied by the radial nerve. This compartment is also known as the extensor compartment […]
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Fascial compartments of leg
On the human body the limbs can be divided into segments such as the arm and the forearm of the upper limb and the thigh and the leg of the […]
Maxillary tuberosity
At the lower part of the infratemporal surface of the maxilla is a rounded eminence the maxillary tuberosity especially prominent after the growth of the wisdom tooth; it is rough […]
Angle of the mandible
The angle of the mandible (gonial angle) is located at the posterior border at the junction of the lower border of the ramus of the mandible.The angle of the mandible […]
Saccular nerve
The saccular nerve is a nerve which supplies the macula of the saccule.
Sulcus spiralis externus
The basilar crest gives attachment to the outer edge of the basilar membrane; immediately above the crest is a concavity the sulcus spiralis externus.This article incorporates text from a public […]
Sulcus spiralis internus
On the upper plate of that part of the lamina which is outside the vestibular membrane the periosteum is thickened to form the limbus laminæ spiralis this ends externally in […]
Lateral lingual swelling
During the third week there appears immediately behind the ventral ends of the two halves of the mandibular arch a rounded swelling named the tuberculum impar which was described by […]
Spiral ligament
The periosteum forming the outer wall of the ductus cochlearis is greatly thickened and altered in character and is called the spiral ligament.
Basilar crest
The basilar crest lies within the cochlear duct in the inner ear. It gives attachment to the outer edge of the basilar membrane and is a spiral ligament that projects […]