List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 360

The trabecular meshwork is an area of tissue in the eye located around the base of the cornea near the ciliary body and is responsible for draining the aqueous humor […]

The lens capsule is a component of the globe of the eye. It is a clear membrane-like structure that is quite elastic a quality that keeps it under constant tension. […]

The trigone is a smooth triangular region of the internal urinary bladder formed by the two ureteral orifices and the internal urethral orifice. The area is very sensitive to expansion […]

Renal pyramids (or malpighian pyramids or Malpighi’s pyramids named after Marcello Malpighi a seventeenth-century anatomist) are cone-shaped tissues of the kidney. The renal medulla is made up of 27 to […]

The renal veins are veins that drain the kidney. They connect the kidney to the inferior vena cava. They carry the blood purified by the kidney.

The development of the urinary and reproductive organs as a part of the prenatal development concerns the urinary system and sex organs. The latter is a part of the stages […]

In human anatomy the eponychium [Greek epi (on upon) + onychion (little claw)] is the thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails. Its function is to protect the area […]

Chassaignac tubercle (or the carotid tubercle) is the name given to the anterior tubercle of the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra separating the carotid artery from the vertebral […]

The cerebellar vermis (Latin for worm) is located in the medial cortico-nuclear zone of the cerebellum residing in the posterior fossa of the cranium. The primary fissure in the vermis […]

A multipolar neuron (or multipolar neurone) is a type of neuron that possesses a single (usually long) axon and many dendrites allowing for the integration of a great deal of […]