List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 44

The occipital angle is rounded and corresponds with the point of meeting of the sagittal and the lambdoid suture—a point which is termed the lambda (after the Greek letter of […]

The facial skeleton splanchnocranium or viscerocranium consists of a part of the skull that is derived from branchial arches. The facial bones are the bones of the anterior and lower […]

In mammals the neurocranium braincase or brainpan (also called brain-pan) is the back part of the skull and houses the brain. In front of it is the interorbital region. In […]

The anterior auricular muscle the smallest of the three auricular muscles is thin and fan-shaped and its fibers are pale and indistinct. It arises from the lateral edge of the […]

The superior auricular muscle the largest of the three auriculares muscles is also thin and fan-shaped. Its fibers arise from the galea aponeurotica and converge to be inserted by a […]

The posterior auricular muscle consists of two or three fleshy fasciculi which arise from the mastoid portion of the temporal bone by short aponeurotic fibers. They are inserted into the […]

The body of the talus comprises most of the volume of the talus bone. It presents with five surfaces; a superior inferior medial lateral and a posterior.

The neck of talus is a talus bone of the human foot directed forward and medialward and comprises the constricted portion of the bone between the body and the oval […]

The talus bone of the ankle joint connects the leg to the foot. For descriptive purposes the talus bone is divided into three sections neck body and head of talus.The […]