List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 409

The dentate gyrus is part of the hippocampal formation. It is thought to contribute to the formation of new episodic memories the spontaneous exploration of novel environments and other functions.

Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels in particular the large arteries and small arterioles. The process is the […]

A nerve fiber is a threadlike extension of a nerve cell and consists of an axon and myelin sheath (if present) in the nervous system. There are nerve fibers in […]

The seminal vesicles (Latin: glandulae vesiculosae) or vesicular glands are a pair of simple tubular glands posteroinferior to the urinary bladder of some male mammals. Carnivores marsupials monotremes and cetaceans […]

The epiglottis is a flap that is made of elastic cartilage tissue covered with a mucous membrane attached to the entrance of the larynx. It projects obliquely upwards behind the […]

There are three cuneiform bones in the human foot: the first or medial cuneiform the second or intermediate cuneiform (also known as the middle cuneiform) the third or lateral cuneiformThey […]

Lymph is the fluid that circulates throughout the lymphatic system. The lymph is formed when the interstitial fluid (the fluid which lies in the interstices of all body tissues) is […]

The Extensor hallucis longus is a thin muscle situated between the Tibialis anterior and the Extensor digitorum longus that functions to extend the big toe dorsiflex the foot and assists […]

A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membranous protrusion from a neuron’s dendrite that typically receives input from a single synapse of an axon. Dendritic spines serve as a […]

A gap junction or nexus or macula communicans is a specialized intercellular connection between a multitude of animal cell-types. It directly connects the cytoplasm of two cells which allows various […]