Muscle tissue is a soft tissue that composes muscles in animal bodies and gives rise to muscles’ ability to contract. This is apposed to other components or tissues in muscle […]
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Ostium of Fallopian tube
The ostium of the Fallopian tube (plural ostia) may refer to the proximal or distal opening of the tube.The proximal tubal opening (ostium or os) is located within the uterus […]
Abdominopelvic cavity
The abdominopelvic cavity is a body cavity that consists of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity. It contains the stomach liver spleen gallbladder kidneys and most of the small […]
Hypoblast
The hypoblast is a tissue type that forms from the inner cell mass. It lies beneath the epiblast and consists of small cuboidal cells.Extraembryonic endoderm (including Yolk sac) is derived […]
Lacunae of Morgagni
Lacunae of Morgagni also called the urethral lacunae of the male urethra (lacunae urethralis urethrae masculinae or the crypts of Morgagni) are small depressions or recesses on the surface of […]
Spiral valves of Heister
Spiral valves of Heister are undulating folds or valves in the proximal mucosa of the cystic duct. The cystic duct attaches the gallbladder to the common bile duct.The spiral valves […]
Presacral space
In human anatomy the presacral space is inside the pelvis behind the rectum and in front of the coccyx and sacrum. Normally it is empty or it contains a pocket […]
Anterolateral central arteries
The anterolateral central arteries (antero-lateral ganglionic branches or lenticulostriate arteries) are a group of small arteries which arise at the commencement of the middle cerebral artery.
White adipose tissue
White adipose tissue (WAT) or white fat is one of the two types of adipose tissue found in mammals. The other kind of adipose tissue is brown adipose tissue. In […]
Immature ovum
An immature ovum is a cell that goes through the process of oogenesis to become an ovum. It can be an oogonium an oocyte or an ootid. An oocyte in […]