List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 363

The paraaortic lymph nodes (also known as para-aortic periaortic peri-aortic and lumbar) are a group of lymph nodes that lie in front of the lumbar vertebral bodies near the aorta. […]

Cloquet’s node (or gland) is a lymph node found in the inguinal region.It is named for Jules Germain Cloquet.It can be considered the superiormost deep inguinal lymph nodes or inferiormost […]

Ameloblasts are cells present only during tooth development that deposit tooth enamel which is the hard outermost layer of the tooth forming the outer surface of the crown.

The foramen lacerum (Latin for lacerated piercing) is a triangular hole in the base of the skull located between the sphenoid apex of petrous temporal and basilar part of occipital.

The renal arteries normally arise off the side of the abdominal aorta immediately below the superior mesenteric artery and supply the kidneys with blood. Each is directed across the crus […]

A facelift technically known as a rhytidectomy (from Ancient Greek ῥυτίς (rhytis) “wrinkle” + ἐκτομή (ektome) “excision” surgical removal of wrinkles) is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure used to […]

The efferent ducts (or efferent ductules or ductuli efferentes or ductus efferentes) connect the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis.There are two basic designs for efferent ductule […]

The reticular activating system (RAS) or extrathalamic control modulatory system is a set of connected nuclei in the brains of vertebrates that is responsible for regulating arousal and sleep-wake transitions. […]

The median aperture (‘medial aperture Foramen of Magendie’) drains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the fourth ventricle into the cisterna magna. The two other openings of the fourth ventricle are lateral […]

The epithalamus is a (dorsal) posterior segment of the diencephalon (a segment in the middle of the brain also containing the hypothalamus and the thalamus) which includes the habenula and […]