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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- Vertebral arteryArteria vertebralisA paired branch of the subclavian artery that climbs through the cervical transverse foramina into the skull to form the basilar artery.
- Vestibular nerveNervus vestibularisThe balance division of the eighth cranial nerve, carrying signals from the semicircular canals, utricle and saccule to the brainstem.
- Vestibular nucleiNuclei vestibularesA group of four nuclei under the lateral floor of the fourth ventricle that receive the vestibular nerve and control balance, posture and eye stabilisation.
- Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)Nervus vestibulocochlearis (VIII)The eighth cranial nerve, which carries hearing and balance signals between the inner ear and the brainstem via the internal acoustic meatus.
- Vitreous bodyCorpus vitreumThe clear, jelly-like mass filling the large chamber of the eyeball between the back of the lens and the retina.
- VomerA thin unpaired plate of bone in the midline of the nose, forming the lower and back part of the nasal septum.
- White matter of telencephalonSubstantia alba telencephaliThe mass of myelinated nerve fibres beneath the cerebral cortex that links cortical areas with each other and with deeper parts of the nervous system.
- Wing of central lobuleAla lobuli centralisThe lateral extension of the central lobule on each side of the anterior lobe of the cerebellum, on its upper surface.
- Zonular fibresFibrae zonularesFine fibres that hold the lens of the eye in place, running from the ciliary body to the lens capsule around its equator.
- Zygomatic boneOs zygomaticumThe paired cheekbone at the upper outer corner of the face, shaping the prominence of the cheek and the outer rim of the orbit.
- Zygomaticus major muscleMusculus zygomaticus majorZygomaticus major is the strap-like facial muscle that runs from the cheekbone to the corner of the mouth and draws it into a smile.
- Zygomaticus minor muscleMusculus zygomaticus minorZygomaticus minor is a slender facial muscle passing from the cheekbone to the outer upper lip, which it lifts when smiling.