List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 358

Canthus (pl. canthi palpebral commissures) is either corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. More specifically the medial and lateral canthi would be described as the […]

Reid’s base line is used for an unambiguous definition of the orientation of the human skull in conventional radiography computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. It is […]

In the brain the interventricular foramina (or foramina of Monro) are channels that connect the paired lateral ventricles with the third ventricle at the midline of the brain. As channels […]

The vertebral arteries are major arteries of the neck. They branch from the subclavian arteries and merge to form the single midline basilar artery in a complex called the vertebrobasilar […]

In human anatomy the basilar artery is one of the arteries that supplies the brain with oxygen-rich blood. The two vertebral arteries and the basilar artery are sometimes together called […]

The angular gyrus is a region of the brain in the parietal lobe that lies near the superior edge of the temporal lobe and immediately posterior to the supramarginal gyrus; […]

The supramarginal gyrus is a portion of the parietal lobe. It is probably involved with language perception and processing and lesions in it may cause receptive aphasia.

The lingual tonsils are rounded masses of lymphatic tissue that cover the posterior region of the tongue. They are located on the dorsal surface at the base of the tongue. […]

The rectouterine pouch (or rectouterine excavation rectovaginal Ehrhardt-Cole Recess cul-de-sac cavum Douglasi or Pouch of Douglas) is the extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum and the posterior wall […]

The mastoid antrum (tympanic antrum antrum mastoideum Valsalva’s antrum) is an air space in the petrous portion of the temporal bone communicating posteriorly with the mastoid cells and anteriorly with […]