Items tagged “surface anatomy”
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Anatomical snuff box
The anatomical snuff box (or sometimes known as tabatiere or fovea radialis of wrist) is a surface anatomy feature. It appears as a triangular depression on the lateral surface of the wrist on full extension of the thumb.
Gross anatomy
Boundaries
medial: tendons of the extensor pollicis longu...
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Nasal sill
The nasal sill is the soft tissue ridge forming the posterior margin of the anterior naris. It also forms the caudal margin of the nasal vestibule.
The nasal sill forms part of the nasal base, which is defined as the inferior third of the nose when viewing the nose from below with the neck exte...
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Columella
The columella is the most anteroinferior portion of the nasal septum and forms the central fleshy portion between the two nostrils when looking at someone's nose. It is a single midline structure composed of cartilage and overlying skin, extending posteriorly from the tip of the nose. The latera...