List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 352

The inguinal ligament (Poupart’s Ligament) is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine. Its anatomy is very important for operating on hernia patients.

Tight junctions also known as occluding junctions or zonulae occludentes (singular zonula occludens) are the closely associated areas of two cells whose membranes join together forming a virtually impermeable barrier […]

In human anatomy the tibialis anterior (/ˌtɪbiˈeɪlɨs/ or /ˌtɪbiˈælɨs/) is a muscle that originates in the upper two-thirds of the lateral (outside) surface of the tibia and inserts into the […]

The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) is a small cluster of neurons situated in the anterior hypothalamus to the side of the optic chiasm in the mammalian brain. The VLPO is […]

Neural crest cells are a transient multipotent migratory cell population unique to vertebrates that gives rise to a diverse cell lineage including melanocytes craniofacial cartilage and bone smooth muscle peripheral […]

Enterochromaffin (EC) cells or Kulchitsky cells are a type of enteroendocrine and neuroendocrine cell occurring in the epithelia lining the lumen of the digestive tract and the respiratory tract.

The anterior cerebral artery (ACA) is one of a pair of arteries on the brain that supplies oxygenated blood to most medial portions of the frontal lobes and superior medial […]

Dental alveoli (singular alveolus) are sockets in the jaws in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process of maxilla with the periodontal ligament. The lay term […]

The rubrospinal tract is a part of the nervous system. It is a part of the lateral indirect extra-pyramidal tract.

In humans the tectospinal tract (also known as colliculospinal tract) is a nerve pathway that coordinates head and eye movements. This neural tract is part of the indirect extrapyramidal tract. […]