List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 258

The descending palatine artery is an artery of the head.

The maxillary artery supplies deep structures of the face. It branches from the external carotid artery just deep to the neck of the mandible.

The internal laryngeal nerve is the internal branch (ramus internus) of the superior laryngeal nerve. It descends to the thyrohyoid membrane piercing it in company with the superior laryngeal artery […]

The external laryngeal nerve is the smaller external branch (ramus externus) of the superior laryngeal nerve. It descends on the larynx beneath the sternothyroid muscle to supply the cricothyroid muscle.It […]

The anterior end of the hemisphere is named the frontal pole. (See also frontal lobe.)The posterior end is named the occipital pole. (See also occipital lobe.)The anterior end of the […]

Below the bulla ethmoidalis and partly hidden by the inferior end of the uncinate process is the maxillary hiatus (or ostium maxillare or maxillary sinus ostium or maxillary ostium or […]

The retropharyngeal space is a potential space of the head and neck bounded by the buccopharyngeal fascia anteriorly and the prevertebral fascia posteriorly. Together with the lateral pharyngeal space these […]

The mylohyoid nerve (or nerve to mylohyoid) is a nerve that innervates the mylohyoid muscle and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.

The medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid curves laterally at its lower extremity into a hook-like process the pterygoid hamulus around which the tendon of the Tensor veli palatini glides. […]

The sympathetic trunks (sympathetic chain gangliated cord) are a paired bundle of nerve fibers that run from the base of the skull to the coccyx.