The arytenoid cartilages are a pair of pyramid-shaped elastic and hyaline cartilage pieces that occur in the larynx. They play a major role in the creation of vocal sounds. The flexible and tough cartilage tissue is situated on the back section of the larynx, at the ends of the joints, and over the cricoid lamina… Continue reading Arytenoid Cartilage
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Inferior Alveolar Nerve
The inferior alveolar nerve is a collection of nerve fibers which branch from the mandibular nerve present in the head. It provides sensation to and innervates the lower teeth. It also provides motor function via the mylohyoid nerve to the digastric’s anterior belly and the mylohyoid muscle. Anesthesia which causes inferior alveolar nerve blockage is… Continue reading Inferior Alveolar Nerve
Conjoint Tendon
Formerly referred to as the inguinal aponeurotic falx, the conjoint tendon is a structure located at the bottom section of the internal abdominal oblique’s common aponeurosis and the Transversus Abdominis, when it enters into the crest of the pectineal line and the pubis, just behind the shallow inguinal ring. It is normally conjoint with the… Continue reading Conjoint Tendon
Carotid Canal
The carotid canal is the name given to a passageway present in the temporal bone via which the carotid artery occurring internally in the neck passes into middle cranial fossa. The canal commences at the outer opening of the carotid foramen or the carotid canal on the temporal bone’s inferior surface and climbs vertically at… Continue reading Carotid Canal