List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 169

The Lisfranc ligament is a ligament which connects the lateral surface of the first cuneiform to the medial surface of the base of the 2nd metatarsal. In 20% of people […]

Glisson’s capsule or Glisson’s sheath is a collagenous capsule covering the external surface of the liver. It consists of type III collagen and extends to the stroma of endothelial sinusoids. […]

The interchondral articulations are the joints formed between the costal cartilages of the ribs.The contiguous borders of the sixth seventh and eighth and sometimes those of the ninth and tenth […]

The radiate ligament connects the anterior part of the head of each rib with the side of the bodies of two vertebræ and the intervertebral fibrocartilage between them. It consists […]

The costovertebral joints are the articulations that connect the heads of the ribs with the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae. Joining of ribs to the vertebrae occurs at two places […]

The articulations of the heads of the ribs (or costocentral articulations) constitute a series of gliding or arthrodial joints and are formed by the articulation of the heads of the […]

Each intervertebral fibrocartilage is composed at its circumference of laminae of fibrous tissue and fibrocartilage forming the anulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis. The lamellae are stiff and sustain compressive loads. The […]

The intertransverse ligaments are ligaments that are placed between the transverse processes of the spine. In the cervical region they consist of a few irregular scattered fibers that are often […]

The interspinal ligaments (interspinous ligaments) are thin and membranous ligaments that connect adjoining spinous processes of the vertebra in the spine.They extend from the root to the apex of each […]

The occipital condyles are undersurface protuberances of the occipital bone in vertebrates which function in articulation with the superior facets of the atlas vertebra. The condyles are oval or reniform […]