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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- DecliveA lobule of the cerebellar vermis on the upper surface, lying just behind the primary fissure, below the summit of the culmen.
- Falx cerebriA sickle-shaped sheet of dura mater that hangs down in the longitudinal fissure and separates the two cerebral hemispheres.
- FlocculusA small tuft-like lobule on the underside of each cerebellar hemisphere, beside the middle cerebellar peduncle, concerned with eye movement and balance.
- 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.
- Intermediolateral nucleusNucleus intermediolateralisA column of sympathetic motor neurons in the lateral horn of the spinal cord, running from the first thoracic to the upper lumbar segments.
- Intermediomedial nucleusNucleus intermediomedialisA column of nerve cells in the intermediate grey matter of the spinal cord, beside the central canal, concerned with visceral signals.
- 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.