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Caudal (from Latin cauda 'tail') describes how close something is to the trailing end of an organism. [41] For example, in horses, the eyes are caudal to the nose and rostral to the back of the head. These terms are generally preferred in veterinary medicine and not used as often in human medicine.
The rostro-caudal axis of the human central nervous system (magenta in the diagram) makes a near 90° bend at the level of the midbrain and continues through the brain-stem and spinal cord. In human anatomy, the occipital lobes and the back of the head are posterior but not caudal to the frontal lobes and the face.
The skeletal muscles of the body typically come in seven different general shapes. This figure shows the human body with the major muscle groups labeled. The gross anatomy of a muscle is the most important indicator of its role in the body. One particularly important aspect of gross anatomy of muscles is pennation or lack thereof. In most ...
Bipennate muscle is stronger than both unipennate muscle and fusiform muscle, due to a larger physiological cross-sectional area. Bipennate muscle shortens less than unipennate muscle but develops greater tension when it does, translated into greater power but less range of motion. Pennate muscles generally also tire easily.
The distal half of the limb proper has two long bones, together termed the zeugopodium (plural: zeugopodia). These may be radius and ulna of the forearm, or the tibia and fibula of the shin. The distalmost portion or extremity of the limb, i.e. the hand or foot, is known as the autopodium (plural: autopodia).
Caudal (anatomical term) (from Latin cauda; tail), used to describe how close something is to the trailing end of an organism; Caudal artery, the portion of the dorsal aorta of a vertebrate that passes into the tail; Caudal cell mass, the aggregate of undifferentiated cells at the caudal end on the spine; Caudal fin, the tail fin of a fish
An anatomical plane is a hypothetical plane used to transect the body, in order to describe the location of structures or the direction of movements. In human and non-human anatomy, three principal planes are used:
Pectoralis minor, an inferior, smaller muscle to the pectoralis major; Sternalis, an accessory muscle found in some individuals that may have embryonic origin from the pectoralis major; Tra Telligman, a retired American mixed martial artist and boxer having only one pectoral muscle