Your body has two iliopsoas muscles: one at the left hip, and one at the right hip. Injury to the iliopsoas may cause hip pain and limited mobility. This article discusses the anatomy and function of ...
The temporal bones help to shape the face and protect vital structures inside of your head. These bones also attach to muscles that are used in chewing and other movements of the mouth and face.
Tendons attach muscles and bone, and are classified as flexors (flex a joint) or extensors (extend a joint). However, some tendons will flex multiple joints and extend another (the flexor tendons of ...
Unlike most other animals, snakes do not have limbs to help them get from one place to another. Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move. Finely tuned for ...
By Mekado Murphy ‘Saturday Night’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Jason Reitman narrates a sequence from his film about the making of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live.” ...
This review examines the component parts to provide the background for a better understanding of the mitral valve as seen in cross sectional anatomy and highlights pertinent features of its anomalies.
Just as individuals differ in their external appearances, so too does our internal anatomy. For example, there are anatomical variations in blood vessels, organs, muscles, nerves and even bones ...