List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 342

The ulnar artery is the main blood vessel with oxygenated blood of the medial aspect of the forearm. It arises from the brachial artery and terminates in the superficial palmar […]

The anterior tibial artery of the leg carries blood to the anterior compartment of the leg and dorsal surface of the foot from the popliteal artery.It is accompanied the anterior […]

The transverse plane (also called the horizontal plane axial plane or transaxial plane) is an imaginary plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts. It is perpendicular to […]

A coronal plane (also known as the frontal plane) is any vertical plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal (belly and back) sections.It is one of the planes […]

The median plane also called a midsagittal plane is used to describe the sagittal plane as it bisects the body vertically through the midline marked by the navel dividing the […]

The laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (or lateroposterior tegmental nucleus) is a nucleus situated in the brainstem spanning the midbrain tegmentum and the pontine tegmentum. Its location is one-third of the way […]

The supraspinatus (plural supraspinati from Latin supraspinatus) is a relatively small muscle of the upper back that runs from the supraspinatous fossa superior of the scapula (shoulder blade) to the […]

Scent glands are exocrine glands found in most mammals. They produce semi-viscous secretions which contain pheromones and other semiochemical compounds. These odor-messengers indicate information such as status territorial marking mood […]

In the fetus the ductus venosus (Arantius’ duct after Julius Caesar Aranzi) shunts most of the left umbilical vein blood flow directly to the inferior vena cava. Thus it allows […]

The posterior tibial artery of the lower limb carries blood to the posterior compartment of the leg and plantar surface of the foot from the popliteal artery. It is accompanied […]