List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 366

Club cells are dome-shaped cells with short microvilli found in the small airways (bronchioles) of the lungs. Club cells were called Clara cells until it was decided to rename them […]

Lamellar corpuscles or Pacinian corpuscles are one of the four major types of mechanoreceptor. They are nerve endings in the skin responsible for sensitivity to vibration and pressure. The vibrational […]

The osteon or haversian system /həˈvɜr.ʒən/ (named for Clopton Havers) is the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone. Osteons are roughly cylindrical structures that are typically several millimeters long […]

Endochondral ossification is one of the two essential processes during fetal development of the mammalian skeletal system by which bone tissue is created. Unlike intramembranous ossification which is the other […]

Chondrocytes (from Greek chondros cartilage + kytos cell) are the only cells found in healthy cartilage. They produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix which consists mainly of collagen and proteoglycans. […]

The triceps brachii muscle (Latin for three-headed arm muscle) is the large muscle on the back of the upper limb of many vertebrates. It is the muscle principally responsible for […]

The barrel cortex refers to the dark-staining regions of layer four of the somatosensory cortex where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus. […]

The teres minor (Latin teres meaning ’rounded’) is a narrow elongated muscle of the rotator cuff.

The musculocutaneous nerve arises from the lateral cord of the brachial plexus opposite the lower border of the pectoralis major its fibers being derived from C5 C6 and C7.

The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava.