Anatomy

The aqueous humor in the eye chamber has to fulfill important functions for the supply of the eye. It is subject to a constant equilibrium between inflow and outflow. Disturbance of this balance can lead to serious eye disorders

Tears are usually only noticed in certain situations in which people become emotional and cry. They also take on important functions and are always present in a healthy eye.

The lens is a crystal-clear part of the human eye and is located in the eyeball (Bulbus oculi) directly in front of the vitreous humor. It is convexly curved on both sides (biconvex) and thus acts as a converging lens. Its job is to prevent incident light

The forehead is part of the front head. It starts below the hairline and ends above the eyebrows. It is considered to be meaningful about a person's character.

The axon hill represents the point of origin of the axon. This is where the action potential is formed, which is passed on via the axon to the presynaptic endbutton. The action potential is formed in the axon hill from the sum of individual more specific

The autochthonous back muscles are the part of the back muscles that lie directly on the spine and ensure that the spine is straightened, rotated and tilted to the side, as well as keeping the head upright. The name was autochthonous

The abdominal cavity, Latin Cavitas abdominalis, describes the cavity in the area of ​​the trunk in which the abdominal organs are located. It protects the organs and enables them to move against each other.

The bursa (bursa synovialis) is a connective tissue sac that occurs in many parts of the body and is filled with the synovia (joint fluid). It serves as a protective buffer between hard bone and soft tissue like ligaments

The triceps is what is known as the triceps brachii muscle, a muscle on the back of the upper arm. This muscle can stretch the forearm in the elbow joint. Both overload and inactivity can lead to complaints

The function of the feet is just as often underestimated as the diseases that can affect them. With evolution, the feet have anatomically adapted to walking upright. According to studies, people's foot shapes differ depending on the person

The Blandin Nuhn gland is a small and exocrine salivary gland at the tip of the tongue with a serum-like mucous secretion. In the oral cavity, saliva mainly remineralizes hard tissue and makes swallowing easier. Diseases

Humans have about 10,000 taste buds, of which each individual bud contains 50 to 100 taste sensory cells, which come into contact with the substrate to be tasted via tiny taste sticks and then their information about them

A blind spot is a small, physiologically caused, slightly elongated oval visual field loss caused by the location of the papilla, the exit gate of the collected optic nerve fibers.

A pair of accessory sex glands in men is called the vesicle gland. They are located above the prostate and, together with the vas deferens, open into the urethra. The vesicle glands provide an alkaline for the ejaculate

The three semicircular canals in the inner ear, arranged in pairs and equipped with mechanoreceptors, belong to the organs of equilibrium and are almost perpendicular to each other, so that one semicircular canal for each of the three main directions of rotation in three-dimensional space

The sternoclavicular joint (SC joint) is the connection between the breastbone (sternum) and the collarbone (clavicle). Also known as the medial clavicle joint (more rarely functional ball and socket joint), it is the only bony hinge

The pleura, the pleura, is a thin skin that lines the inside of the chest cavity and covers the surfaces of the lungs. The name is derived from the Greek and means flank or rib. That the heart, the chest wall and the lungs do not

The metencephalon or hindbrain belongs to the rhombencephalon and is composed of the cerebellum (cerebellum) and the bridge (pons). Numerous centers and cores contribute to motor skills, coordination and learning processes. Pathological relevance to the metencephalon

Ligaments hold the human skeleton together. They make a decisive contribution to the stability of the body and anyone who has ever had the painful experience of a torn ligament knows about their important role in the musculoskeletal system.

The white matter can be understood as the counterpart of the gray cells in the brain. It consists of conduction pathways (nerve fibers), the white color of which is due to their medullary structure.