List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 395

An oocyte (UK /ˈoʊəsʌɪt/ US /ˈoʊ.oʊ.saɪt/) oöcyte ovocyte or rarely ocyte is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words it is an immature ovum or […]

The claustrum is a thin irregular sheet of neurons which is attached to the underside of the neocortex in the center of the brain. It is suspected to be present […]

The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the face anteriorly and the neck to the sides and posteriorly.

The nucleus accumbens (NAcc) also known as the accumbens nucleus or as the nucleus accumbens septi (Latin for nucleus adjacent to the septum) is a region of the human brain […]

In the kidney the loop of Henle (or Henle’s loop nephron loop or its Latin counterpart ansa nephroni) is the portion of a nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted […]

The internal capsule is a white matter structure in the brain that carries information past the basal ganglia separating the caudate nucleus and the thalamus from the putamen and the […]

Muscle spindles are sensory receptors within the belly of a muscle that primarily detect changes in the length of this muscle. They convey length information to the central nervous system […]

The fornix (Latin vault or arch) is a C-shaped bundle of fibers (axons) in the brain and carries signals from the hippocampus to the hypothalamus.

Brodmann area 11 is one of Brodmann’s cytologically defined regions of the brain. It is involved in planning reasoning and decision making.

Wernicke’s area (/ˈvɛərnɨkə/ or /ˈvɛərnɨki/; German: [ˈvɛʁnɪkə]) also called Wernicke’s speech area is one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex linked since the late nineteenth century to speech […]