Anatomy Course Travels with its associated artery on the border of the lower duodenum. Drain Drains the pancreas and portions of the duodenum. Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy app for a test drive?
Anatomy Origin: Mastoid process of temporal bone. Insertion: Convexity of the concha of the ear. Key Relations: Lies posterior to the ear on the lateral surface of the head. Functions Retracts and elevates the ear. Supply Nerve Supply: Facial nerve (CN 7) Blood Supply: Posterior auricular artery. Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy app
Anatomy Origin: Anterior part of the temporal fascia. Insertion: Helix of the ear. Key Relations: Lies on the anterolateral surface of the head. Functions Pulls the ear upward and forward. Supply Nerve Supply: Facial nerve (CN 7) Blood Supply: Superficial temporal artery. Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy app for a test drive?
Anatomy Continuous with cecum, extends up right side of abdomen, extra- peritoneally, crossing iliacus and quadratus lumborum and aponeurosis of transversus abdominis, to colic impression under right lobe liver, lateral to gall bladder, where it forms hepatic (right colic) flexure by bending anteriorly and medially (to left) and continuing as the transverse colon. Interested in
Anatomy Pyramid shaped cartilages sitting on top of the cricoid cartilage. The base is concave and articulates with the slopping articular facet on the superior lateral surface of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. The anterior angle of the base is extended out into a vocal process. The apex articulates with a corniculate cartilage. Both
Anatomy An extrinsic ligament of the knee joint. The ligament is Y-shaped and extends from the fibular head. One slip going to the intercondylar area of the tibia. The second slip to the lateral epicondyle of the femur, where it blends with the lateral head of the gastrocnemius. Functions One of the ligaments that help
Anatomy Origin: Body and inferior ramus of pubic bone. Insertion: Pectineal line and proximal part of linea aspera of the femur. Key Relations: -One of the six muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh. -Lies posterior to pectineus, adductor longus and the anterior branch of the obturator nerve. -Posterior to adductor brevis are adductor
Anatomy The acromioclavicular ligament lies superiorly to the acromioclavicular joint. It is a thickening of the acromioclavicular capsular ligament. It attaches from the superior lateral end of the clavicle to the adjacent superior surface of the acromium. Functions Stabilises the acromioclavicular joint along with the coracoclavicular ligament. Clinical The acromioclavicular joint is a very unstable
Anatomy Course Part of a network of veins that can be found in the shoulder. It follows a similar path to its corresponding artery. Drain Drains the scapular region of the back. Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy app for a test drive?
Anatomy Course Also known as the eleventh cranial nerve, its spinal root enters the cranium via the foramen magnum to join the cranial root, and it then exits via the jugular foramen along with the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. Once out of the cranium, the cranial portion of the nerve dissociates and joins the vagus