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Metacarpals (10 bones in total; 5 on each side) Phalanges of the hand (28 bones in total, 14 on each hand) Proximal phalanges (10 bones in total; 5 on each side) Intermediate phalanges (8 bones in total; 4 on each side) Distal phalanges (10 bones in total; 5 on each side)
Older set of terminology shown in Parts of the Human Body: Posterior and Anterior View from the 1933 edition of Sir Henry Morris' Human Anatomy. Many of these terms are medical latin terms that have fallen into disuse. Front: Frons - forehead; Facies - face; Pectus - breast; Latus - flank; Coxa - hip; Genu - knee; Pes - foot; Back: Vertex ...
The most common cause of enlargement of the submental lymph nodes are infections (including viral infections (mononucleosis, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and cytomegaloviral infections), toxoplasmosis, and dental infections (e.g. periodontitis)). [1] The lymph nodes may be affected by metastatic spread from cancers of their drained territories ...
The sixth edition of the previous standard, Nomina Anatomica, was released in 1989.The first edition of Terminologia Anatomica, superseding Nomina Anatomica, was developed by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT) and the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) and released in 1998. [1]
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 ...
In human anatomy, the main role of the carpal bones is to articulate with the radial and ulnar heads to form a highly mobile condyloid joint (i.e. wrist joint), [1] to provide attachments for thenar and hypothenar muscles, and to form part of the rigid carpal tunnel which allows the median nerve and tendons of the anterior forearm muscles to be ...
Anatomy is often described in planes, referring to two-dimensional sections of the body. A section is a two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional structure that has been cut. A plane is an imaginary two-dimensional surface that passes through the body. Three planes are commonly referred to in anatomy and medicine: [1] [2]: 4
5. cameral pulp 6. root pulp 7. Cementum 8. Crown 9. Cusp 10. Sulcus 11. Neck 12. Root 13. Furcation 14. Root apex 15. Apical foramen 16. Gingival sulcus 17. Periodontium 18. Gingiva 19. free or interdental 20. marginal 21. alveolar 22. Periodontal ligament 23. Alveolar bone 24. Vessels and nerves 25. dental 26. periodontal 27. alveolar through ...