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Human Anatomy: Class Topics

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PNS 34

Olfactory nerveNervi olfactorii Optic nerveNervus opticus Oculomotor nerveNervus oculomotorius Trochlear nerveNervus trochlearis Trigeminal nerveNervus trigeminus Ophthalmic nerveNervus ophthalmicus Maxillary nerveNervus maxillaris Mandibular nerveNervus mandibularis Abducens nerveNervus abducens Facial nerveNervus facialis Vestibulocochlear nerveNervus vestibulocochlearis Glossopharyngeal nerveNervus glossopharyngeus Vagus nerveNervus vagus Accessory nerveNervus accessorius Hypoglossal nerveNervus hypoglossus Spinal nervesNervi spinales Cervical plexusPlexus cervicalis Brachial plexusPlexus brachialis Radial nerveNervus radialis Median nerveNervus medianus Thoracic nervesNervi thoracici Lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nervesNervi lumbales, sacrales et coccygeus Lumbar plexusPlexus lumbalis Sciatic nerveNervus ischiadicus Sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous systemPars sympathica systematis nervosi autonomici Sympathetic trunkTruncus sympathicus Celiac plexusPlexus celiacus Abdominal aortic plexus and its derivativesPlexus aorticus abdominalis Sympathetic and autonomic plexuses of the pelvisPlexus hypogastricus Parasympathetic part of the autonomic nervous systemPars parasympathica systematis nervosi autonomici Parasympathetic ganglia of the headGanglia parasympathica Sacral part of the parasympathetic nervous systemIntramural nerve plexusesPlexus intramurales Autonomic innervation of internal organs

Anatomical structures 225

Coccygeal vertebraevertebrae coccygeae Costal grooveSulcus costae Muscles of the extremitiesIntervertebral discdiscus intervertebralis Lesser palatine foraminaForamina palatina minora Stylomastoid foramenForamen stylomastoideum Hypoglossal canalCanalis nervi hypoglossi Coronoid process of mandibleProcessus coronoideus Body of hyoid boneCorpus ossis hyoidei Foramen lacerumforamen lacerum Foramen magnumforamen magnum Cribriform foraminaForamina cribrosa Foramen caecum of skullForamen caecum Supraorbital notchIncisura supraorbitalis Groove for sigmoid sinusSulcus sinus sigmoidei Choanaechoanae Vomervomer Mastoid foramenforamen mastoideum Sphenopalatine foramenForamen sphenopalatinum Zygomaticotemporal foramenForamen zygomaticotemporale Internal acoustic meatusMeatus acusticus internus Groove for inferior petrosal sinusSulcus sinus petrosi inferioris Infraorbital canalCanalis infraorbitalis Superior orbital fissureFissura orbitalis superior Body of mandibleCorpus mandibulae Foramen spinosumForamen spinosum Greater palatine canalCanalis palatinus major Pes anserinuspes anserinus Inguinal ligamentlig. inguinale Opponens digiti minimi musclem. opponens digiti minimi Biceps femoris musclem. biceps femoris Transversalis fasciafascia transversalis Palmar interossei musclesmm. interossei palmares Extensor retinaculumretinaculum mm. extensorum Interosseous membrane of forearmmembrana interossea antebrachii Posterior interosseous arterya. interossea posterior Plantar aponeurosisaponeurosis plantaris Extensor pollicis brevis musclem. extensor pollicis brevis Semitendinosus musclem. semitendinosus Lateral plantar nerven. plantaris lateralis Calcaneal tendontendo calcaneus Thoracolumbar fasciafascia thoracolumbalis Medial plantar nerven. plantaris medialis Plantar archarcus plantaris Iliotibial tracttractus iliotibialis Spinal ganglionGanglion spinale Corona radiata of brainInternal capsule of brainForamen ovaleForamen ovale Left coronary arterya. coronaria sinistra Inferior pancreaticoduodenal arterya. pancreaticoduodenalis inferior Abdominal aortapars abdominalis aortae Occipital arterya. occipitalis Serratus anterior musclem. serratus anterior Superficial temporal arterya. temporalis superficialis Lingual arterya. lingualis Carotid sinussinus caroticus Superior thyroid arterya. thyroidea superior Aortic hiatus of diaphragmhiatus aorticus Splenic arterya. splenica Thoracic aortapars thoracica aortae Hepatic veinsvv. hepaticae Right coronary arterya. coronaria dextra Thigh anatomySacrumMajor duodenal papillapapilla duodeni major Common hepatic ductductus hepaticus communis Rima glottidisrima glottidis Schlemm's canalsinus venosus sclerae Nephronnephron ClivusClivus Semilunar valvesvalvulae semilunares Irisiris Pelvic nerveN. pelvicus Sacral vertebraevertebrae sacrales Dentindentinum Extensor pollicis longus musclem. extensor pollicis longus Palmaris longus musclem. palmaris longus Extensor digiti minimi musclem. extensor digiti minimi Clavipectoral fasciafascia clavipectoralis Flexor hallucis brevis musclem. flexor hallucis brevis Supinator musclem. supinator Extensor indicis musclem. extensor indicis Bicipital aponeurosisaponeurosis m. bicipitis brachii Flexor pollicis longus musclem. flexor pollicis longus Axillary nerven. axillaris Subclavius musclem. subclavius Flexor digitorum profundus musclem. flexor digitorum profundus Flexor carpi ulnaris musclem. flexor carpi ulnaris Musculocutaneous nerven. musculocutaneus Flexor carpi radialis musclem. flexor carpi radialis Extensor digitorum musclem. extensor digitorum Brachialis musclem. brachialis Medial bicipital sulcussulcus bicipitalis medialis Flexor digitorum superficialis musclem. flexor digitorum superficialis Flexor retinaculumretinaculum mm. flexorum Subscapularis musclem. subscapularis Anterior interosseous arterya. interossea anterior Articular capsuleCapsula articularis Extensor carpi radialis longus musclem. extensor carpi radialis longus Anconeus musclem. anconeus Saphenous openingfossa ovalis (femoris)Flexor digitorum brevis musclem. flexor digitorum brevis Femoral nerven. femoralis Fascia latafascia lata Cruropopliteal canalcanalis cruropopliteus Saphenous nerven. saphenus Iliopsoas musclem. iliopsoas Sartorius musclem. sartorius Deep fibular nerven. peroneus profundus Oblique popliteal ligamentlig. popliteum obliquum Adductor magnus musclem. adductor magnus Tibialis posterior musclem. tibialis posterior Superficial fibular nerven. peroneus superficialis Adductor longus musclem. adductor longus Semimembranosus musclem. semimembranosus Gracilis musclem. gracilis Pectineus musclem. pectineus Soleus musclem. soleus Rectus femoris musclem. rectus femoris Fibularis longus musclem. peroneus longus Adductor hiatushiatus adductorius Lacunar ligamentlig. lacunare Occipitofrontalis musclem. occipitofrontalis Supraorbital marginMargo supraorbitalis Labyrinthine arterya. labyrinthi Sphenopalatine arteryA. sphenopalatina Middle meningeal arterya. meningea media GlabellaGlabella Styloglossus musclem. styloglossus Orbicularis oculi musclem. orbicularis oculi Orbicularis oris musclem. orbicularis oris Pterygopalatine ganglionGanglion pterygopalatinum Palatine uvulauvula palatina Lateral pterygoid musclem. pterygoideus lateralis Epicranial aponeurosisgalea aponeurotica Parotid ductductus parotideus Digastric musclem. digastricus Interscalene spacespatium interscalenum Hyoglossus musclem. hyoglossus Ascending pharyngeal arterya. pharyngea ascendens Lingual arteriesLeft main bronchusbronchus principalis sinister Oblique fissure of lungfissura obliqua Brachiocephalic trunktruncus brachiocephalicus Esophageal hiatushiatus oesophageus Right main bronchusbronchus principalis dexter Vena caval openingforamen venae cavae Spermatic cordfuniculus spermaticus Superficial inguinal ringanulus inguinalis superficialis Erector spinae musclem. erector spinae Cystic ductductus cysticus Duodenojejunal flexureflexura duodenojejunalis Omental foramenforamen omentale (epiploicum)Deep inguinal ringanulus inguinalis profundus Prevertebral ganglionprevertebral ganglion Superior rectal arterya. rectalis superior Ischiocavernosus musclem. ischiocavernosus Central tendoncentrum tendineum Levator ani musclem. levator ani External anal sphincterm. sphincter ani externus Trigone of urinary bladdertrigonum vesicae Cremaster musclem. cremaster Superciliary archesArcus superciliares Carotid bodyglomus caroticum Renal pyramidspyramides renales Renal pelvispelvis renalis Gallbladdervesica biliaris Abductor digiti minimi muscle (hand)m. abductor digiti minimi (manus)Guyon's canalcanalis ulnaris Anal canalcanalis analis Sella turcicaSella turcica Labial commissurescommissurae labiorum Dental pulppulpa dentis Cementumcementum Enamelenamelum Mandibular foramenForamen mandibulae Lingual nerven. lingualis Mandibular canalCanalis mandibulae Ramus of mandibleRamus mandibulae Innervation of teeth and jawsNasopalatine nerveN. nasopalatinus Mental foramenForamen mentale Maxillary tuberTuber maxillae Infraorbital foramenForamen infraorbitale Periodontiumperiodontium Medial pterygoid musclem. pterygoideus medialis Infratemporal fossaFossa infratemporalis Alveolar process of maxillaProcessus alveolaris maxillae Temporalis musclem. temporalis Inferior nasal meatusMeatus nasi inferior Body of maxillaCorpus maxillae Articular tubercle of temporal boneTuberculum articulare Mandibular fossaFossa mandibularis Articular discDiscus articularis Head of mandibleCaput mandibulae Condylar process of mandibleProcessus condylaris Pyramidal tractTractus pyramidalis Vertebral canalcanalis vertebralis Detrusor musclem. detrusor vesicae Substantia nigraSubstantia nigra Ciliary musclem. ciliaris Chorda tympanichorda tympani Jugular foramenForamen jugulare Sphincter pupillae musclem. sphincter pupillae Dilator pupillae musclem. dilatator pupillae Ciliary ganglionganglion ciliare Cingulate gyrusgyrus cinguli Globus pallidusGlobus pallidus Corpus striatumCorpus striatum PutamenPutamen Caudate nucleusNucleus caudatus Precentral gyrusGyrus precentralis Broca's areaarea Broca Wernicke's areaarea Wernicke Basilar arterya. basilaris Posterior cerebral arterya. cerebri posterior Posterior inferior cerebellar arterya. cerebelli inferior posterior (PICA)Superior cerebellar arterya. cerebelli superior Anterior communicating arterya. communicans anterior Anterior spinal arterya. spinalis anterior Anterior inferior cerebellar arterya. cerebelli inferior anterior (AICA)Corpus luteumcorpus luteum Fontanelles of skullFonticuli cranii Cervical canalcanalis cervicis uteri

Osteology 16

Axes, planes, and terminologyBone and skeletal structureSkeleton Thoracic vertebraeVertebrae thoracicae Cervical vertebraeVertebrae cervicales Lumbar vertebraeVertebrae lumbales Sacrum and coccyxOs sacrum et os coccygis SternumSternum RibsCostae Bones of the pectoral girdleCingulum membri superioris HumerusHumerus Bones of the forearmOssa antebrachii Bones of the handOssa manus Hip bone and pelvisOs coxae Femur and patellaFemur Bones of the legOssa cruris Bones of the footOssa pedis

Additional Topics 50

Bones of the upper limbAxial skeletonAuricular surface of the hip bonePeripheral nervous systemAnatomy of female genital organsIleumAnatomy of the retinaAnatomy of the ankle jointAnatomy of the vaginaPlastic anatomy of the human bodyObturator nerve and canalMale reproductive systemAnatomy of the jawsAnatomy of the molarsAnatomy and physiology of the eyeTopography of female pelvic organsAcromion anatomyCuboid boneCoccyx anatomyBones of the lower limbAnatomy of ligamentsNeurocraniumAnatomy of the footAnatomy of ductsAnatomy of vertebraeAnatomical planes and axesHuman anatomy as a scienceRegions of the human bodyAnatomy of the abdominal cavityAnatomy of internal organsFacial muscles of expressionAnatomy of the anterior abdominal wallForearmLingual septumAnatomy of the arm and forearmAnatomy of the headMale pelvic organsDigestive systemMusculoskeletal systemSternum and xiphoid processAnatomy of the heartCentral nervous systemAnatomy of the thoraxAnatomy of the handAtlas anatomyBlood vessel anatomyParanasal sinusesLens anatomyAnatomy and age-related featuresRespiratory system anatomy

Arthrology 13

General arthrologyArthrologia Vertebral connectionsColumna vertebralis Atlanto-occipital and atlantoaxial jointsArticulatio atlantooccipitalis / Articulatio atlantoaxialis Thoracic cage connectionsCompages thoracis Connections of the pectoral girdle bonesArticulatio sternoclavicularis / Articulatio acromioclavicularis Shoulder jointArticulatio humeri Elbow jointArticulatio cubiti Wrist jointsArticulatio radiocarpalis / Articulationes manus Pelvic bone connectionsPelvis Knee jointArticulatio genus Ankle joint and connections of the leg bonesArticulatio talocruralis Foot jointsArticulationes pedis Connections of the skull bonesJuncturae cranii

Myology 47

Regions of the backRegiones dorsales Deep muscles of the backMusculi dorsi proprii Fasciae of the backFasciae dorsi Superficial muscles of the chestMusculi thoracis Deep muscles of the chestMusculi intercostales Fasciae of the chestFasciae thoracis Muscles of the lateral abdominal wallMusculi abdominis Muscles of the anterior abdominal wallMusculus rectus abdominis Sheath of the rectus abdominis muscleVagina musculi recti abdominis Superficial muscles of the neckMusculi colli superficiales Triangles of the neckTrigona colli Muscles of the shoulder girdleMusculi cinguli membri superioris Muscles of the arm (anterior group)Muscles of the arm (posterior group)Muscles of the forearm (anterior group)Muscles of the leg: anterior and lateral compartmentsMusculi cruris Muscles of the foot: middle plantar compartmentMusculi plantares Muscles and fasciae of the thoraxMusculi thoracis Muscles of the neck: median groupMusculi colli Facial muscles of the mouthMusculi faciales Muscles of the shoulder girdle: teres minor and teres major musclesMuscles of the forearm: extensor indicisMusculus extensor indicis Fasciae of the forearm and handFascia antebrachii Muscles of the pelvis and thigh: tensor fasciae latae and vastus musclesMusculi femoris Extensor digitorum brevisMusculus extensor digitorum brevis DiaphragmDiaphragma Palmar synovial sheaths and aponeurosisAponeurosis palmaris Piriformis muscleMusculus piriformis Trapezius muscleMusculus trapezius Regions and fasciae of the abdomenRegiones abdominales Infrahyoid muscles of the neckMusculi infrahyoidei Muscles of masticationMusculi masticatorii Functional axes and tests of the upper extremityPopliteus muscleMusculus popliteus Latissimus dorsi muscleMusculus latissimus dorsi Internal topography of the anterior abdominal wallSuboccipital musclesMusculi suboccipitales Contents of the cubital fossaObturator internus muscleMusculus obturatorius internus Flexor digitorum longus muscleMusculus flexor digitorum longus Obturator externus muscleMusculus obturatorius externus Inguinal canalCanalis inguinalis Levator scapulae muscleMusculus levator scapulae Splenius musclesMusculi splenii Fasciae of the lower extremityFasciae membri inferioris Canals and fossae of the lower extremityDevelopment of the muscular system

Angiology 37

Pulmonary circulationCirculus sanguinis minor AortaAorta Common carotid arteryA. carotis communis External carotid arteryA. carotis externa Maxillary arteryA. maxillaris Internal carotid arteryA. carotis interna Arteries of the brainAa. cerebri Subclavian arteryA. subclavia Axillary arteryA. axillaris Brachial arteryA. brachialis Arteries of the forearm and handA. radialis et a. ulnaris Thoracic aortaPars thoracica aortae Abdominal aortaPars abdominalis aortae Internal iliac arteryA. iliaca interna Femoral arteryA. femoralis Arteries of the leg and footArteriae cruris et pedis Veins of the head and neckVenae capitis et colli Heart and the venae cavae systemCor et venae cavae Portal veinVena portae Lymphatic system of the trunk and extremitiesSystema lymphaticum Veins of the upper extremityVenae membri superioris Subclavian veinVena subclavia Superior mesenteric arteryArteria mesenterica superior Common and external iliac arteriesArteriae iliacae communis et externa Popliteal arteryArteria poplitea Arteries of the legArteriae cruris Arteries of the footArteriae pedis Veins of the systemic circulationVertebral venous plexusesPlexus venosi vertebrales Portosystemic and cavacaval anastomosesGeneral AngiologyAngiologia Fetal CirculationLymphatic Vessels and Nodes of the Upper LimbNodi lymphoidei membri superioris Lymphatic Trunks and DuctsTrunci et ductus lymphatici Lymph Nodes of the Head and NeckNodi lymphoidei capitis et colli Lymphoid OrgansOrgana lymphoidea ThymusThymus

Splanchnology / Digestive System 18

Hard and Soft PalatePalatum TongueLingua TeethDentes Salivary glandsGlandulae salivariae PharynxPharynx EsophagusOesophagus StomachGaster Small IntestineIntestinum tenue DuodenumDuodenum Large IntestineIntestinum crassum CecumCaecum ColonColon RectumRectum LiverHepar Biliary Tract and GallbladderVesica biliaris PancreasPancreas SpleenLien Peritoneum and Peritoneal CavityPeritoneum

Splanchnology / Respiratory System 9

External NoseNasus externus Nasal CavityCavitas nasi Larynx and Its CartilagesLarynx Muscles of the LarynxMusculi laryngis Laryngeal Cavity and Voice ApparatusCavitas laryngis Trachea and Main BronchiTrachea et bronchi principales LungsPulmones PleuraPleura MediastinumMediastinum

Splanchnology / Genitourinary system 14

KidneyRen UreterUreter Urinary BladderVesica urinaria Male UrethraUrethra masculina TestisTestis Ductus Deferens and Seminal VesiclesDuctus deferens, Vesiculae seminales Male External GenitaliaOrgana genitalia masculina externa Ovary and Its AppendagesOvarium UterusUterus Female External GenitaliaOrgana genitalia feminina externa Mammary GlandMamma PerineumPerineum Pelvic Diaphragm and Urogenital DiaphragmDiaphragma pelvis, Diaphragma urogenitale Anatomy of the Cervix

Endocrine system 9

Endocrine GlandsGlandulae endocrinae Thyroid GlandGlandula thyroidea Parathyroid GlandsGlandulae parathyroideae Thymus GlandThymus Endocrine Part of the PancreasPars endocrina pancreatis Adrenal GlandsGlandulae suprarenales ParagangliaParaganglia Pituitary glandHypophysis Pineal GlandCorpus pineale

Sensory organs 13

EyeballBulbus oculi Refractive Media of the EyeMedia refringentia bulbi oculi Blood Supply and Innervation of the EyeballAccessory structures of the eyeballOrgana oculi accessoria Protective apparatus of the eyeApparatus lacrimalis External earAuris externa Middle earAuris media Bony labyrinth of the internal earLabyrinthus osseus Membranous labyrinth of the internal earLabyrinthus membranaceus Pathways of the auditory and vestibular analyzersBlood supply to the internal earVasa auris internae Olfactory organOrganum olfactus Skin and its layersIntegumentum commune

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Pulmonary Segments: Diagram, Lobe Table, and Radiographic Projection

Segments of the right and left lungs: lobe-by-lobe table, anatomical differences, radiographic projections, and typical localization of tuberculosis, pneumonia, and aspiration.

October 10, 20264 min Anatomy