Anatomical component

Articles

• Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses
  27 April 2004

  Definition: Small outpouchings of gallbladder mucosa that extend through the muscularis layer. It may be congenital.
  Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses (R-As) are epithelial invaginations that extend down the gallbladder wall through the smooth muscle gaps and by this pathway they reach the subserosal connective tissue.
  Sinuses in the gallbladder. Normally occurring, microscopic pouches of the mucosa of the gallbladder. They may reach into and through the muscle wall. Prominence in the settings (...)

• umbilical cord insertion
  22 November 2004

  umbilical cord insertions

• antrum
  11 November 2005

  pyloric antrum, gastric antrum
  WP
  Definition: The gastric antrum (Synonyms: pyloric antrum) is the distal ¼ to ⅓ of the stomach, extending distally from the corpus to the pyloric channel and duodenum distally. The antrum is lined by the antral mucosa.
  Pyloric antrum (antrum, lesser cul-de-sac) is the initial portion of the pyloric part of the stomach. It is near the bottom of the stomach, proximal to the pyloric sphincter, which separates the stomach and the duodenum.
  It may temporarily (...)

• synovial membrane
  19 November 2005

  Adj. synovial. Normal synovium.; stratum synoviale ; synovium WKP
  Definition: The synovial membrane is a specialized connective tissue that lines the inner surface of capsules of synovial joints and tendon sheath.
  It makes direct contact with the synovial fluid lubricant, which it is primarily responsible for maintaining.
  In contact with the synovial fluid at the tissue surface are many rounded macrophage-like synovial cells (type A) and fibroblast-like (type B) synovial cells. (...)

• subgemmal neurogenous plaques
  23 August 2004

  References
  Triantafyllou A, Coulter P. Structural organization of subgemmal neurogenous plaques in foliate papillae of tongue. Hum Pathol. 2004 Aug;35(8):991-9. PMID: #15297966#

• lingual tonsils
  12 September 2007

  WKP
  Definition: The lingual tonsils are rounded masses of lymphatic tissue that cover the posterior region of the tongue.
  They are located on the dorsal surface at the base of the tongue. Their lymphatic tissue are dense and nodular, their surface is covered with stratified squamous epithelium which invaginates as a single crypt into each lingual tonsil.
  They are partially surrounded by connective tissue placing them in the group of Partially Encapsulated Lymphatic Organs, tonsils, the (...)

• pulmonary lobule
  6 December 2007

  pulmonary lobules, pulmonary lobulation

• recto-anal junction
  10 September 2007

  Videos
  Histology of the recto-anal junction (by Washington Deceit)
  See also
  digestive system

• ascending thoracic aorta
  18 October 2007

  See also
  aorta thoracic aorta

• amniotic membrane
  27 January 2005

  Pathology
  amniotic membrane infections infectious chorioamniotis
  amniotic band syndrome amniotic membrane fragility heritable connective tissue diseases

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