List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 301

In human anatomy the inguinal triangle is a region of the abdominal wall. It is also known by the eponym Hesselbach’s triangle after Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.

A cranial nerve nucleus is a collection of neurons (gray matter) in the brain stem that is associated with one or more cranial nerves. Axons carrying information to and from […]

The cortical reaction (zona reaction in mammals) is a process initiated during fertilization by the release of cortical granules from the egg which prevents polyspermy the fusion of multiple sperm […]

The Hertwig epithelial root sheath (HERS) or epithelial root sheath is a proliferation of epithelial cells located at the cervical loop of the enamel organ in a developing tooth. Hertwig […]

The stratum intermedium in a developing tooth is a layer of two or three cells between the inner enamel epithelium and the newly forming cells of the stellate reticulum. It […]

The deep fibular nerve (deep peroneal nerve) begins at the bifurcation of the common fibular nerve between the fibula and upper part of the fibularis (peroneus) longus passes infero-medially deep […]

In anatomy the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run fly or swim in a horizontal position and the back side of animals (like humans) that walk […]

The helicotrema (from Greek ἕλιξ meaning coil and τρη̂μα meaning hole) is the part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli meet. It is the […]

Reissner’s membrane (vestibular membrane vestibular wall) is a membrane inside the cochlea of the inner ear. It separates scala media from scala vestibuli. Together with the basilar membrane it creates […]

Scala vestibuli is a perilymph-filled cavity inside the cochlea of the inner ear that conducts sound vibrations to the scala media.It is separated from the scala media by Reissner’s membrane […]