List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 87

The trachealis muscle is a smooth muscle that bridges the gap between the free ends of C-shaped cartilages at the posterior border of the trachea adjacent to the esophagus. The […]

A precapillary sphincter is a band of smooth muscle that adjusts blood flow into capillaries mainly in the mesenteric microcirculation. At the point where each of the capillaries originates from […]

The mesencephalic nucleus is involved with proprioception of the face that is the feeling of position of the muscles. Unlike many nuclei within the central nervous system (CNS) the mesencephalic […]

The principal sensory nucleus (or chief sensory nucleus of V) is a group of second order neurons which have cell bodies in the caudal Pons. It receives information about discriminative […]

The interpeduncular cistern (basal cistern or Fossa interpeduncularis) is a wide cavity where the arachnoid extends across between the two temporal lobes.It encloses the cerebral peduncles and the structures contained […]

The Pontine cistern is a considerable space on the ventral aspect of the pons.It contains the basilar artery and is continuous behind with the subarachnoid cavity of the medulla spinalis […]

The inferior medullary velum (posterior medullary velum) is a thin layer of white substance prolonged from the white center of the cerebellum above and on either side of the nodule; […]

The paramedian arteries are arteries which supply part of the thalamus and other structures in the region.

In male anatomy the lacuna magna (also called Guérin’s sinus) is the largest of several recesses in the roof of the navicular fossa of the urethra. Its embryologic origin is […]

In the human brain the medial parabrachial nucleus is one of three nuclei in the parabrachial area at the junction of the midbrain and pons. It relays information from the […]