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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- Folium of vermisFolium vermisA small, narrow lobule of the cerebellar vermis at the back of its upper surface, between the declive and the tuber.
- FornixAn arched, C-shaped bundle of white fibres under the corpus callosum that carries the main output of the hippocampus to the forebrain.
- Fourth ventricleVentriculus quartusThe diamond-shaped cavity of the hindbrain, lying between the pons and medulla in front and the cerebellum behind.
- Globus pallidusThe pale inner part of the lentiform nucleus, deep in each cerebral hemisphere, and the main output station of the basal nuclei.
- Gracile lobuleLobulus gracilisA slender lobule on the inferior surface of each cerebellar hemisphere, lying between the inferior semilunar lobule and the biventral lobule.
- HabenulaA small paired nucleus of the epithalamus, beside the pineal stalk at the back of the third ventricle, linking forebrain to midbrain.
- Hippocampal commissureCommissura hippocampiA thin triangular sheet of crossing fibres between the two crura of the fornix, under the splenium of the corpus callosum, linking the hippocampi.
- HippocampusA curved ridge of grey matter bulging into the lateral ventricle's temporal horn, central to forming memories and to spatial navigation.
- HypothalamusA small region of the diencephalon below the thalamus that controls the pituitary gland and the body's internal balance.
- Inferior colliculusColliculus inferiorThe lower pair of rounded swellings on the back of the midbrain, the main relay of the ascending auditory pathway.
- Inferior frontal sulcusSulcus frontalis inferiorA groove on the outer surface of the frontal lobe that runs forwards from the precentral sulcus and divides the middle frontal gyrus from the inferior frontal gyrus.
- Inferior salivatory nucleusNucleus salivatorius inferiorA small group of parasympathetic nerve cells in the upper medulla that drive secretion from the parotid gland through the glossopharyngeal nerve.
- Inferior semilunar lobuleLobulus semilunaris inferiorA large crescent-shaped lobule of each cerebellar hemisphere, lying just below the horizontal fissure on the back of the inferior surface.
- Inferior temporal gyrusGyrus temporalis inferiorThe lowest of the three long gyri on the side of the temporal lobe, curving onto its underside and serving visual object recognition.
- Inferior temporal sulcusSulcus temporalis inferiorA long groove low on the side of the temporal lobe, separating the middle temporal gyrus above from the inferior temporal gyrus below.
- Interpeduncular fossaFossa interpeduncularisA diamond-shaped hollow on the base of the brain between the cerebral peduncles, behind the optic chiasm and in front of the pons.
- Intraparietal sulcusSulcus intraparietalisA long groove across the outer face of the parietal lobe that divides the superior from the inferior parietal lobule.
- Lateral geniculate bodyCorpus geniculatum lateraleA small, knee-shaped swelling at the back of the thalamus where the optic tract ends and vision is relayed to the cortex.
- Lateral occipitotemporal gyrusGyrus occipitotemporalis lateralisThe spindle-shaped fusiform gyrus on the underside of the temporal and occipital lobe, a key region for recognising faces, bodies and words.
- Lateral ventricleVentriculus lateralisThe large, C-shaped cavity inside each cerebral hemisphere, filled with cerebrospinal fluid and opening into the third ventricle.
- Lentiform nucleusNucleus lentiformisA lens-shaped mass of grey matter deep in each cerebral hemisphere, made of the putamen and globus pallidus, beside the internal capsule.
- Lingual gyrusGyrus lingualisA tongue-shaped gyrus on the medial and lower surface of the occipital lobe, lying between the calcarine and collateral sulci.
- Lingula of cerebellumLingula cerebelliThe small, tongue-shaped front lobule of the superior vermis, lying on the superior medullary velum above the fourth ventricle.
- Lunate sulcusA crescent-shaped groove on the lateral occipital lobe, variably present in humans, that in apes marks the front border of the primary visual cortex.