List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 370

The ‘yolk sac’ is a membranous sac attached to an embryo providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony fishes sharks reptiles birds and mammals. It functions as […]

The gestational sac (or gestation sac) is the only available intrauterine structure that can be used to determine if an intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) exists until the embryo is identified.On ultrasound […]

A lacteal is a lymphatic capillary that absorbs dietary fats in the villi of the small intestine. Triglycerides are emulsified by bile and hydrolyzed by the enzyme lipase resulting in […]

The dental pulp is the part in the center of a tooth made up of living connective tissue and cells called odontoblasts. The dental pulp is a part of the […]

Allantois (/əˈlæntɔɪs/; plural allantoides or allantoises) is a part of a developing amniote’s conceptus (which consists of all embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues). It helps the embryo exchange gases and handle […]

The median eminence is part of the inferior boundary for the hypothalamus part of the human brain. A small swelling on the tuber cinereum posterior to the infundibulum – atop […]

Hyaline cartilage is cartilage that is hyaline (transparent). It is found on many joint surfaces. It is pearly bluish in color with firm consistency and has a considerable amount of […]

The Large Intestine (Chinese: 大肠: pinyin: dà cháng) is one of the fu organs stipulated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). As distinct from the Western medical concept of Large Intestine […]

Peyer’s patches (or aggregated lymphoid nodules or occasionally PP for brevity) are organized lymphoid nodules named after the 17th-century Swiss anatomist Johann Conrad Peyer. They are aggregations of lymphoid tissue […]

Rete testis /ˈriti ˈtɛstɪs/ is an anastomosing network of delicate tubules located in the hilum of the testicle (mediastinum testis) that carries sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the efferent […]