List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 252

The submandibular ganglion (or submaxillary ganglion in older texts) is part of the human autonomic nervous system. It is one of four parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck. (The […]

The Superior salivary nucleus (or superior salivatory nucleus) of the facial nerve is a visceromotor cranial nerve nucleus located in the pontine tegmentum.Parasympathetic efferent fibers of the facial nerve (preganglionic […]

In the lateral part of the jugular fossa of the temporal bone is the mastoid canaliculus for the entrance of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve.

The facial canal (also known as Fallopian Canal -first described by Gabriele Falloppio-) is a Z-shaped canal running through the temporal bone from the internal acoustic meatus to the stylomastoid […]

The prominence of the facial canal (prominence of aqueduct of Fallopius) indicates the position of the bony canal in which the facial nerve is contained; this canal traverses the labyrinthic […]

The vagus presents a well-marked ganglionic enlargement which is called the superior ganglion of the vagus nerve. It contains afferent somatosensory neuronal cell bodies that provide sensory information from the […]

The inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve (petrous ganglion) is larger than the superior ganglion and is situated in a depression in the lower border of the petrous portion of […]

There are two surfaces of the squama of the frontal bone: the external surface and the internal surface.

The hypochondrium is the upper part of the abdomen interior to the lowest ribs of the thorax. The word derives from Greek: ὑποχονδρος: hupochondros meaning abdomen or literally under cartilage.The […]

The squama of the occipital bone situated above and behind the foramen magnum is curved from above downward and from side to side.