List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 9

The Risser sign refers to the amount of calcification of the human pelvis as a measure of maturity. On a scale of 5 it gives a measure of progression of […]

Acute Haemmorrhagic Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva of sudden onset. It presents as a reddening of the eye due to the infection of the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is […]

The active zone or synaptic active zone is a term first used by Couteaux and Pecot-Dechavassinein in 1970 to define the site of neurotransmitter release. Two neurons make contact through […]

An immortalised cell line is a population of cells from a multicellular organism which would normally not proliferate indefinitely but due to mutation have evaded normal cellular senescence and instead […]

In anatomy Underwood’s septa (or maxillary sinus septa singular septum) are fin-shaped projections of bone that may exist in the maxillary sinus first described in 1910 by Arthur S. Underwood […]

Tentorial incisure (also known as the tentorial notch or incisura tentorii) refers to the anterior opening between the free edge of the tentorium cerebelli and the clivus for the passage […]

The Interpeduncular nucleus is an unpaired ovoid cell group at the base of the midbrain tegmentum. It is located in the mesencephalon below the interpeduncular fossa. As the name suggests […]

Mesenchymal stem cells or MSCs are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types including: osteoblasts (bone cells) chondrocytes (cartilage cells) and adipocytes (fat cells). This […]

The auricular muscles (or extrinsic muscles) are the three muscles surrounding the auricula or outer ear: anterior auricular muscle superior auricular muscle posterior auricular muscleThe superior muscles is the largest […]

In anatomy the fibular artery (also known as the peroneal artery) supplies blood to the lateral compartment of the leg and is typically a branch of posterior tibial artery.