Anatomy The human eyes are the organs of vision, located in the bony orbits in the front of the skull, on either side of the bridge of the nose. Functions The eye detects light and transforms it into impulses that are sent to the brain. Light enters through an opening in the iris called the

Anatomy Course Continuation of the femoral vein after it travels beneath the inguinal ligament. Travels briefly with its counterpart artery until it joins with the internal iliac vein and becomes the common iliac vein. Drain Drains the deep veins of the leg. Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy app for a test drive?

Anatomy Origin: Inferior margin of the rib above i.e. ribs 1 to 11. Insertion: Superior surface of the rib below i.e. ribs 2 to 12. Key relations: -Muscle fibres run obliquely anteroinferiorly. -Most superficial intercostal muscle. Functions -Moves ribs superiorly during inspiration, thereby expanding the thoracic cavity. -Maintains intercostals spaces during inspiration and expiration. Supply

Anatomy Course Arises after the bifurcation of the common iliac artery. It descends on the psoas muscle until it passes underneath the inguinal ligament, where it is referred to as the femoral artery. Supply Major source for the lower limb. Clinical In renal transplants, the surgeon often attaches the renal artery of the donor’s kidney

Anatomy Origin: Muscular digitations from the external inferior borders of the 5th to 12th ribs. Insertion: Via aponeurosis to the linea alba and the lateral lip of the iliac crest. Key relations: -Largest and most superficial of the three flat abdominal muscles. -Helpful to visualise the directions of the fibres as a putting your hands

Anatomy Course Begins with the fusion of the posterior auricular vein and a portion of the retromandibular vein in the parotid gland. As it descends from the head it perforates the deep fascia until it eventually joins the subclavian vein, lateral to the internal jugular vein. Drain Drains the blood exterior to the cranium. Interested

Anatomy Origin: Lateral epicondyle of humerus via common extensor tendon, adjacent intermuscular septa. Insertion: The dorsal aspect of base of second and third metacarpal. Key Relations: -One of the four muscles in the superficial posterior compartment of the forearm. Functions -Extends the hand at the wrist joint -Abducts the hand at the wrist (radial deviation)

Anatomy Projects down from body of ethmoid (unpaired bone inside skull, between orbits, forming part cranial floor and part roof nasal cavity), forms part of nasal septum. Thin, flat, polygonal, usually deviated a little left or right. Septal cartilage attached below. Articulates with frontal, sphenoid, nasals. Clinical Ethmoid made up of perpendicular plate, cribriform plate

Anatomy Muscular tube, 4-12″, part of GI system (alimentary tract), connecting pharynx to stomach, continuous above with laryngeal pharynx at level C6; courses down behind trachea and heart, in front of spine, through mediastinum and on, passes through diaphragm at level T10, at which point it is continuous with stomach through a functional lower esophageal

Anatomy Origin: Posterolateral aspect of middle third of ulna and adjacent interosseous membrane. Insertion: Dorsal surface of base of the distal phalanx of thumb. Key Relations: -The tendon of extensor pollicis longus passes underneath the extensor retinaculum in its own compartment. -Its tendon forms the posterior boundary of the anatomical snuffbox. -One of the six