The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- Abdominal aortaAorta abdominalisThe part of the aorta below the diaphragm, running down in front of the lumbar spine from T12 to its division at L4.
- Abducens nerve (VI)Nervus abducens (VI)The sixth cranial nerve, a purely motor nerve from the pons that moves the eye outwards by supplying the lateral rectus muscle.
- Abductor digiti minimi of footAbductor digiti minimi pedisAbductor digiti minimi of the foot is the superficial muscle along the outer edge of the sole, running from the heel to the little toe.
- Abductor digiti minimi of handAbductor digiti minimi manusAbductor digiti minimi is the superficial muscle along the little-finger edge of the palm, which spreads the little finger outward.
- Abductor hallucisAbductor hallucis is the superficial muscle along the inner edge of the sole, running from the heel to the big toe.
- Abductor pollicis brevisAbductor brevis pollicisAbductor pollicis brevis is the flat, superficial thenar muscle at the base of the thumb that lifts the thumb away from the palm.
- Abductor pollicis longusAbductor longus pollicisAbductor pollicis longus is a deep muscle on the back of the forearm whose tendon moves the thumb forward at its base.
- Accessory branch of middle meningeal arteryRamus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediaeA small artery in the infratemporal fossa, from the middle meningeal or maxillary artery, that enters the skull through the foramen ovale.
- Accessory hemi-azygos veinVena hemiazygos accessoriaA vein on the left side of the upper thoracic vertebrae that drains the upper left posterior intercostal spaces into the azygos vein.
- Accessory nerve (XI)Nervus accessorius (XI)The eleventh cranial nerve, a motor nerve that rises from the upper spinal cord, loops through the skull and supplies sternocleidomastoid and trapezius.
- Accessory nucleus of oculomotor nerveNucleus accessorius nervi oculomotoriiA small parasympathetic cell group in the midbrain, beside the oculomotor nucleus, that drives pupil constriction and focusing of the lens.
- Accessory pancreatic ductDuctus pancreaticus accessoriusA smaller second drainage channel of the pancreas, running through the upper head of the gland to the duodenum.
- Acetabular labrumLabrum acetabuliA ring of fibrocartilage fixed to the rim of the hip socket, deepening it and sealing the joint around the femoral head.
- Acromial part of deltoid musclePars acromialis musculi deltoideiThe acromial part is the middle portion of deltoid, running from the acromion over the shoulder to the side of the humerus.
- Acromioclavicular ligamentLigamentum acromioclaviculareThe capsular ligament of the acromioclavicular joint, with a strong superior band and a thinner inferior band linking clavicle and acromion.
- Adductor brevisAdductor brevis is a short, triangular muscle of the inner thigh, lying behind pectineus and adductor longus and in front of adductor magnus.
- Adductor longusAdductor longus is the flat, fan-shaped muscle at the front of the inner thigh, running from the pubis to the middle of the femur.
- Adductor magnusAdductor magnus is the largest and deepest adductor of the thigh, a broad triangular muscle with an adductor part and a hamstring part.
- AdenohypophysisThe glandular front lobe of the pituitary, sitting in the sella turcica beneath the hypothalamus and making most pituitary hormones.
- Ampulla of lacrimal canaliculusAmpulla canaliculi lacrimalisA small widening at the bend of each lacrimal canaliculus, near the inner corner of the eyelid, on the tears' route to the lacrimal sac.
- Amygdaloid bodyCorpus amygdaloideumAn almond-shaped cluster of nuclei deep in the front of each temporal lobe, central to emotion, fear learning and emotional memory.
- Anconeus muscleMusculus anconeusAnconeus is a small triangular muscle on the back of the elbow, between the humerus's lateral epicondyle and the ulna.
- Angular arteryArteria angularisThe final stretch of the facial artery, climbing beside the nose to the inner corner of the eye.
- Angular gyrusGyrus angularisA curved fold of cortex in the inferior parietal lobule, arching around the end of the superior temporal sulcus, important for reading and number.