List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 115

An elastic artery (or large elastic artery or conducting artery) is an artery with a large number of collagen and elastin filaments in the tunica media which gives it the […]

Stereocilia (or stereovilli) are apical modifications of the cell which are distinct from cilia and microvilli but closely related to the latter.Though their name is similar to cilia they are […]

Killian’s dehiscence (also known as Killian’s triangle Laimer triangle Laimer-Killian triangle or Laimer-Haeckermann area) is a triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the thyropharyngeus part of the […]

A hepatic lobule is a small division of the liver defined at the histological scale. It should not be confused with the anatomic lobes of the liver (caudate lobe quadrate […]

The central vein of liver (or central venules) are veins found at the center of a classic hepatic lobule. They receive the blood mixed in the liver sinusoids and return […]

A liver sinusoid is a type of sinusoidal blood vessel (with fenestrated discontinuous endothelium) that serves as a location for the oxygen-rich blood from the hepatic artery and the nutrient-rich […]

The tarsal tunnel is found along the inner leg behind the medial malleolus.

The superior rectal plexus (or superior hemorrhoidal plexus) supplies the rectum and joins in the pelvis with branches from the pelvic plexuses.The superior rectal plexus is a division of the […]

The right margin of the oesophagus is continuous with the lesser curvature of the stomach while the left margin joins the greater curvature at an acute angle termed the cardiac […]

Lymph capillaries or lymphatic capillaries are tiny thin-walled vessels the smallest lymphatic vessels of the lymphatic system that are closed at one end and are located in the spaces between […]