List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 215

The superficial epigastric artery (not to be confused with the superior epigastric artery) arises from the front of the femoral artery about 1 cm below the inguinal ligament and passing […]

The atlanto-occipital joint (articulation between the atlas and the occipital bone) consists of a pair of condyloid joints. The atlanto-occipital joint is a synovial joint.

The atlanto-axial joint is a joint in the upper part of the neck between the first and second cervical vertebrae; the atlas and axis.The atlanto-axial joint is of a complicated […]

The septum secundum semilunar in shape grows downward from the upper wall of the atrium immediately to the right of the primary septum and ostium secundum.Shortly after birth it fuses […]

During embryonic development of the eye the outer wall of the bulb of the optic vesicles becomes thickened and invaginated and the bulb is thus converted into a cup the […]

In the developing heart of a human embryo the cavity of the primitive atrium becomes subdivided into right and left chambers by a septum the septum primum which grows downward […]

A shallow groove the primitive groove appears on the surface of the primitive streak and the anterior end of this groove communicates by means of an aperture the blastophore with […]

The cloacal membrane is the membrane that covers the embryonic cloaca when still in the development of the urinary and reproductive organs.It is formed by ectoderm and endoderm coming into […]

Aryepiglottic fold is a triangular opening at the entrance of the larynx that is narrow in front wide behind and sloping obliquely downward and backward.

The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of yellow elastic cartilage which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them […]