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Anatomy Course One of the terminal branches of the facial artery. Ascends to the medial aspect of the eye‘s orbit, accompanied by the angular vein. There are frequent anastamoses with the dorsal nasal artery. Supply Responsible for supply to the orbicularis oculi muscle as well as the lacrimal ducts of the eye. Interested in taking
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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Anatomy Course Arises from a small plexus on the posterior forearm and rises on the lateral side until it joins the cephalic vein at the elbow. Drain Drains the posterior side of the forearm. Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy app for a test drive?
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So, you’ve just downloaded the Pocket Anatomy app? You’re maybe spending hours spinning around the 3D models of the male and female body and have certainly been admiring the beauty of them. You’re amazed at how complex this machine is! Now, it’s high time to understand how the human body works and how each single part
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Anatomy Course A continuation of the musculocutaneous nerve in the arm. This nerve becomes the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve once it has emerged from between the biceps brachii and the brachialis muscle, lateral to the biceps brachii tendon, passing behind the cephalic vein. It then divides into two branches, both of which run distally along
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Ala of Sacrum anatomy Ala of sacrum is a large triangular surface either side of sacral base, continuous with iliac fossa (akin to adapted and joined transverse and costal processes elsewhere spine). Interested in taking our award-winning Pocket Anatomy for a test drive?
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Anatomy Origin: Superior border of scapula medial to suprascapular notch. Insertion: Body of hyoid bone. Key Relations: -Is one of the infrahyoid muscles (sometimes referred to as ‘strap muscles’) lying in the muscular triangle of the neck. -Lateral to sternohyoid. Functions Depresses and fixes the hyoid bone. Supply Nerve Supply: Anterior rami of C1 to
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