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Bhagwan Din Chaurasia (1937 – 1985) was an Indian anatomist, medical educator and writer for medical education. He is best known for his widely acclaimed textbook, Human Anatomy , which remains a popular anatomy resource for medical students in India and abroad.
Hilton's law, espoused by John Hilton in a series of medical lectures given in 1860–1862, [1] is the observation that in the study of anatomy, the nerve supplying the muscles extending directly across and acting at a given joint not only supplies the muscle, but also innervates the joint and the skin overlying the muscle.
Vascular nerves (nervi vasorum) are nerves which innervate arteries and veins.The vascular nerves control vasodilation and vasoconstriction, which in turn lead to the control and regulation of temperature and homeostasis.
Apical foramen, the opening at the tip of the root of a tooth; Foramen ovale (heart), an opening between the venous and arterial sides of the fetal heart Foramen transversarium, one of a pair of openings in each cervical vertebra, in which the vertebral artery travels
Triangular Interval Syndrome (TIS) was described as a differential diagnosis for radicular pain in the upper extremity. [6] It is a condition where the radial nerve is entrapped in the triangular interval resulting in upper extremity radicular pain.
These sinuses play a crucial role in cerebral venous drainage. A dural venous sinus, in human anatomy, is any of the channels of a branching complex sinus network that lies between layers of the dura mater, the outermost covering of the brain, and functions to collect oxygen-depleted blood. Unlike veins, these sinuses possess no muscular coat.
On the trunk of the body, the chest is referred to as the thoracic area. The shoulder in general is the acromial, while the curve of the shoulder is the deltoid.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 445 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)