Angle of Louis (or sternal angle)
The sternal angle is an important surface anatomy landmark of the chest, deep to which some major anatomical structures lie.
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Dissectible Me 5 minute anatomy
Welcome to dissectible me. Human anatomy in 5-minute chunks. In this weekly podcast, we will cover everything from introductions to bodily systems, to some very focused but fascinating nugge...
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20 of 110 episodesSynovial joint classifications
Synovial joints are specialised for movement. The shapes of the articulating surfaces define what movements are allowed, and we can anatomic...
Anatomical types of joints
Fibrous joints, cartilaginous joints and synovial joints. We can define them by what they are made of, and in turn, what they are made of te...
Femur
The biggest bone in the body. What pertinent anatomical features should you be aware of?
Ovaries
What would I include if I only had 5 minutes to talk about the functional anatomy of the ovary?
Nerves in the inguinal canal
What nerves run through the inguinal canal and are they at risk of injury during an inguinal hernia repair?
Hippocampus
The hippocampus is part of the limbic system in the brain. What does that mean? What does it do? Where is it? In 5 minutes(ish)?
Oesophagus
The oesophagus is a muscular tube linking the pharynx to the stomach. The muscles of the face and pharynx are skeletal and under somatic con...
Ossicles of the ear
Why do we have three tiny bones in each ear?
Stroke
When we talk about "stroke" or a cerebrovascular event we're describing reduced blood flow to a region of the brain. What are the different...
Trochlear nerve (CN IV) palsy
The trochlear nerve (CN IV) has the single task of innervating the superior oblique muscle. Unfortunately the actions of this muscle on the...
Abducens nerve (CN VI) palsy
The abducens nerve is one of those lovely cranial nerves that only does one thing, making learning it nice and easy. But what happens when i...
Oculomotor nerve (CN III) palsy
What happens to the eye when the oculomotor nerve is injured or compressed? How can these signs and symptoms inform us about what might be h...
Pupillary light reflex
The pupillary light reflex can let you test the optic nerve, midbrain and oculomotor nerve just by shining a light into someone's eye. Let's...
External ear anatomy
Those folds and lumps of the external ear have all got names. Let's feel the concha, tragus, antitragus, helix, antihelix and opening of the...
Acoustic reflex
The acoustic reflex is a mechanism that protects the ear from loud sounds. It is also called the stapedial reflex, middle-ear-muscle reflex...
Hypothalamus anatomy and functions
The hypothalamus, as its name suggests, lies in the brain inferior and anterior to the thalamus. It is a central structure in modulating man...
Fractured neck of femur anatomy
What do we mean by the neck of the femur and why do we worry (more than usual) about a fracture here?
Blood brain barrier
The blood brain barrier describes how the endothelial cells of the capillaries in the brain are tightly stuck together by tight junctions, w...
Ventricular system of the brain
The brain has spaces inside it, interconnected and filled with cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid is continually produced here and flows from c...