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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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Nerves · HeadAbducens 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.
Nerves · HeadAccessory 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.
Nerves · HeadAccessory 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.
Nerves · Upper limbAnterior branch of medial antebrachial cutaneous nerveRamus anterior nervi cutanei medialis antebrachiiThe larger of the two terminal branches of the medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm, supplying skin on the front of the inner forearm.
Nerves · Lower limbAnterior branch of obturator nerveRamus anterior nervi obturatoriiThe front division of the obturator nerve, running down the medial thigh between the adductors to supply them and the overlying skin.
Nerves · Whole bodyAnterior corticospinal tractTractus corticospinalis anteriorA small descending motor bundle beside the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord, carrying uncrossed cortical fibres for the trunk muscles.
Nerves · Lower limbAnterior cutaneous branches of femoral nerveRami cutanei anteriores nervi femoralisSensory branches of the femoral nerve that supply the skin over the front and medial side of the thigh, down to the knee.
Nerves · Upper limbAnterior division of inferior trunk of brachial plexusDivisio anterior trunci inferioris plexus brachialisThe front branch of the lowest trunk of the brachial plexus, which passes behind the clavicle and continues as the medial cord.
Nerves · HeadAnterior division of mandibular nerveDivisio anterior nervi mandibularisThe smaller front trunk of the mandibular nerve in the infratemporal fossa, mostly motor to the chewing muscles with one sensory branch to the cheek.
Nerves · Upper limbAnterior division of middle trunk of brachial plexusDivisio anterior trunci medii plexus brachialisThe front branch of the middle trunk of the brachial plexus, which unites behind the clavicle with the superior trunk's front branch to make the lateral cord.
Nerves · Upper limbAnterior division of superior trunk of brachial plexusDivisio anterior trunci superioris plexus brachialisThe front branch of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus, which merges behind the clavicle with the middle trunk's front branch to form the lateral cord.
Nerves · Whole bodyAnterior fasciculus propriusFasciculus proprius anteriorA thin layer of short fibres in the anterior white column of the spinal cord, lining the grey matter and linking nearby segments.
Nerves · Upper limbAnterior interosseous nerve of forearmNervus interosseus anterior antebrachiiA deep, mainly motor offshoot of the median nerve, running on the interosseous membrane to the deep flexors and pronator quadratus.
Nerves · Lower limbAnterior root of posterior femoral cutaneous nerveRadix anterior nervi cutanei femoris posteriorisThe contribution to the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve that comes from the anterior divisions of the second and third sacral nerves.
Nerves · TrunkAnterior root of spinal nerveRadix anterior nervi spinalisThe motor root of each spinal nerve, leaving the front of the spinal cord to join the posterior root near the intervertebral foramen.
Nerves · HeadAuditory tubeTuba auditivaThe narrow bony and cartilaginous canal joining the middle ear to the nasopharynx, keeping air pressure equal on both sides of the eardrum.
Nerves · Upper limbAxillary nerveNervus axillarisA branch of the posterior cord that winds round the humerus at its surgical neck to supply deltoid, teres minor and the skin over the shoulder.
Nerves · HeadBuccal nerveNervus buccalisA sensory branch of the mandibular nerve that crosses the infratemporal fossa to supply the skin and lining of the cheek.
Nerves · TrunkCauda equinaThe sheaf of lumbar, sacral and coccygeal nerve roots that hangs below the lower tip of the spinal cord inside the lower dural sac.
Nerves · HeadCentral canalCanalis centralisThe narrow fluid-filled channel running down the centre of the spinal cord, continuous above with the brain's fourth ventricle.
Nerves · HeadChorda tympaniA facial nerve branch crossing the middle ear to join the lingual nerve, carrying front-tongue taste and secretory fibres for two salivary glands.
Nerves · HeadCochlear nerveNervus cochlearisThe hearing part of the vestibulocochlear nerve, carrying sound signals from the inner ear's cochlea to the cochlear nuclei of the brainstem.
Nerves · Lower limbCommon fibular nerveNervus fibularis communisThe lateral, smaller of the sciatic nerve's two end branches, curling round the fibular neck to serve the front and side of the leg.
Nerves · Upper limbCommon palmar digital branches of median nerveRami digitales palmares communes nervi medianiBranches of the median nerve in the palm that run towards the finger clefts and split into the digital nerves of the radial fingers.