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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- Amygdaloid bodyCorpus amygdaloideumAn almond-shaped cluster of nuclei deep in the front of each temporal lobe, central to emotion, fear learning and emotional memory.
- 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.
- Anterior cochlear nucleusNucleus cochlearis anteriorThe ventral division of the cochlear nuclei at the pontomedullary junction, the first relay of hearing in the brainstem.
- Anterior commissureCommissura anteriorA compact bundle of fibres crossing the midline in front of the fornix, linking the two temporal lobes and olfactory regions.
- Anterior horn of spinal cordCornu anterius medullae spinalisThe forward-pointing projection of grey matter on each side of the spinal cord, home to the motor neurons that drive skeletal muscle.
- Anterior quadrangular lobuleLobulus quadrangularis anteriorThe part of each cerebellar hemisphere in the anterior lobe that lies beside the culmen, in front of the primary fissure.
- Anterior spinocerebellar tractTractus spinocerebellaris anteriorAn ascending pathway at the edge of the lateral funiculus that carries information about lower-limb movement to the cerebellum after crossing twice.
- Anterior spinothalamic tractTractus spinothalamicus anteriorAn ascending pathway in the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord that carries crude touch and pressure from the opposite side to the thalamus.
- Aqueduct of midbrainAquaeductus mesencephaliThe narrow channel through the midbrain that carries cerebrospinal fluid from the third ventricle down to the fourth ventricle.
- Base of peduncleBasis pedunculiThe front part of each cerebral peduncle of the midbrain, a thick band of descending fibres from the cerebral cortex.
- Biventral lobuleLobulus biventerA lobule on the underside of each cerebellar hemisphere, lying lateral to the tonsil and divided into two bellies.
- Calcarine sulcusSulcus calcarinusA deep groove on the medial surface of the occipital lobe, running forward from the occipital pole and lined by the primary visual cortex.
- Caudate nucleusNucleus caudatusA C-shaped mass of grey matter curving along the lateral ventricle, forming with the putamen the dorsal striatum of the basal ganglia.
- Central lobuleLobulus centralis vermisA small lobule of the cerebellar vermis on the front upper surface, lying above the lingula with a wing extending into each hemisphere.
- Central sulcusSulcus centralisThe deep groove crossing the side of each cerebral hemisphere, dividing the frontal from the parietal lobe and motor from sensory cortex.
- Choroid plexusPlexus chorioideusFringed vascular tufts lining parts of the brain's ventricles, which secrete most of the cerebrospinal fluid and form the blood-CSF barrier.
- Cingulate gyrus and sulcus (Middle anterior part)The front half of the middle cingulate gyrus and sulcus, arching over the trunk of the corpus callosum on each medial hemisphere.
- Cingulate gyrus and sulcus (Middle posterior part)The rear half of the middle stretch of the cingulate gyrus and sulcus, lying over the back of the callosal trunk on the medial hemisphere.
- Cingulate gyrus and sulcus (Posterior dorsal part)The upper rear stretch of the cingulate gyrus and its bordering sulcus, on the medial face of the hemisphere above the corpus callosum.
- Circular sulcus of insulaSulcus circularis insulaeThe groove that rings the insula deep inside the lateral sulcus, marking where the insular cortex meets the overlying opercula.
- Collateral sulcusSulcus collateralisA long groove on the underside of the temporal and occipital lobes, running from near the occipital pole towards the temporal pole.
- Corpus callosumThe broad arched sheet of white matter in the midline that joins the two cerebral hemispheres.
- CulmenThe highest lobule of the vermis in the anterior lobe of the cerebellum, lying just in front of the primary fissure.
- CuneusA wedge-shaped area on the medial surface of the occipital lobe, between the parieto-occipital and calcarine sulci.