List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 243

Sympathetic ganglia are the ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. They deliver information to the body about stress and impending danger and are responsible for the familiar fight-or-flight response. They […]

Parasympathetic ganglia are the autonomic ganglia of the parasympathetic nervous system. Most are small terminal ganglia or intramural ganglia so named because they lie near or within (respectively) the organs […]

The superior ganglion (jugular ganglion) is situated in the upper part of the groove in which the glossopharyngeal nerve is lodged during its passage through the jugular foramen. It is […]

The pudendal cleft (also called the cleft of Venus pudendal fissure pudendal cleavage pudendal slit urogenital cleft vulvar slit rima vulvae or rima pudendi) is a part of the vulva […]

In the occipital bone the lower division of the cruciate eminence is prominent and is named the internal occipital crest; it bifurcates near the foramen magnum and gives attachment to […]

Along the internal surface of the occipital bone at the point of intersection of the four divisions of the cruciate eminence is the internal occipital protuberance. Running transversely on either […]

The inner surface of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone presents a deep curved groove the sigmoid sulcus which lodges part of the transverse sinus; in it may be […]

In the sphenoid bone the posterior border smooth and rounded is received into the lateral fissure of the brain; the medial end of this border forms the anterior clinoid process […]

In the sphenoid bone the anterior boundary of the sella turcica is completed by two small eminences one on either side called the anterior clinoid processes while the posterior boundary […]

In the sphenoid bone behind the chiasmatic groove and the tuberculum sellae is a deep depression or fossa the sella turcica the deepest part of which lodges the pituitary gland […]