enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anatomy_mnemonics

    This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...

  3. Muscles of the hand - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscles_of_the_hand

    The muscles of the hand are the skeletal muscles responsible for the movement of the hand and fingers. The muscles of the hand can be subdivided into two groups: the extrinsic and intrinsic muscle groups. The extrinsic muscle groups are the long flexors and extensors. They are called extrinsic because the muscle belly is located on the forearm ...

  4. Rhomboid muscles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhomboid_muscles

    There are two rhomboid muscles on each side of the upper back: [1] [2] [3] Rhomboid major muscle; Rhomboid minor muscle; The large rhombus-shaped muscle, located under the trapezius muscle, in the upper part of the thoracic region of the back, and the small muscle, in the same way, participate in the movement of the scapula. [4]

  5. External obturator muscle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_obturator_muscle

    The external obturator muscle or obturator externus muscle (/ ˌ ɒ b tj ʊəˈr eɪ t ər ɪ k ˈ s t ɜːr n ə s /; OE) is a flat, triangular muscle, which covers the outer surface of the anterior wall of the pelvis. It is sometimes considered part of the medial compartment of thigh, [1] and sometimes considered part of the gluteal region. [2]

  6. Latissimus dorsi muscle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi_muscle

    The latissimus dorsi is a potential source of muscle for breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy (e.g., Mannu flap) [12] or to correct pectoral hypoplastic defects such as Poland's syndrome. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] An absent or hypoplastic latissimus dorsi can be one of the associated symptoms of Poland's syndrome.

  7. Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexor_digitorum...

    It is sometimes considered to be the deepest part of the superficial layer of this compartment, [2] [3] and sometimes considered to be a distinct, "intermediate layer" of this compartment. [4] It is relatively common for the Flexor digitorum superficialis to be missing from the little finger, bilaterally and unilaterally, which can cause ...

  8. Brachialis muscle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachialis_muscle

    The brachialis muscle is innervated by the musculocutaneous nerve, which runs on its superficial surface, between it and the biceps brachii. [2] However, in 70-80% of people, the muscle has double innervation with the radial nerve (C5-T1). The divide between the two innervations is at the insertion of the deltoid. [3]

  9. Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensor_carpi_radialis...

    In human anatomy, extensor carpi radialis brevis is a muscle in the forearm that acts to extend and abduct the wrist. It is shorter and thicker than its namesake extensor carpi radialis longus which can be found above the proximal end of the extensor carpi radialis brevis.