List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 273

The dorsal raphe nucleus is located on the midline of the brainstem and is part of the raphe nucleus consisting of the rostral and caudal subdivisions. The rostral aspect of […]

The nucleus raphe pallidus receives afferent connections from the periaqueductal gray the Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus central nucleus of the amygdala lateral hypothalamic area and parvocellular reticular nucleus.

The posterior external jugular vein begins in the occipital region and returns the blood from the skin and superficial muscles in the upper and back part of the neck lying […]

The anterior jugular vein is a vein in the neck. It begins near the hyoid bone by the confluence of several superficial veins from the submaxillary region. It descends between […]

The vertebral vein is formed in the suboccipital triangle from numerous small tributaries which spring from the internal vertebral venous plexuses and issue from the vertebral canal above the posterior […]

The longissimus is the muscle lateral to the semispinalis. It is the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.

The spinalis is a portion of the erector spinae a bundle of muscles and tendons located nearest to the spine. It is divided into three parts: Spinalis dorsi spinalis cervicis […]

The iliocostalis is the muscle immediately lateral to the longissimus that is the nearest to the furrow that separates the epaxial muscles from the hypaxial. It lies very deep to […]

The circumflex scapular artery (scapular circumflex artery dorsalis scapulae artery) is a branch of the subscapular artery and part of the scapular anastomoses.It curves around the axillary border of the […]

The sigmoid sinuses also known as the pars sigmoid are venous sinuses within the skull that receive blood from posterior dural venous sinus veins.