Human Anatomy

The platysma is a superficial muscle that overlies the sternocleidomastoid muscle. It is a broadsheet muscle originating from the fascia covering the upper parts of the pectoralis major and deltoid muscle. Its fibers pass the clavicle and continue obliquely upward...

Shoulder pain has many causes, such as torn rotator cuffs, a dislocated shoulder, frozen shoulder, arthritis, and plenty of other injuries. You might injure it in a fall or accident, or you overdid a chore like the painting. Shoulder pain...

The female reproductive system is composed up of the internal and external sex organs that work in the reproduction of a new baby. The female reproductive system is immature at birth and develops to maturity at puberty. The internal sex organs of the...

Hip extension is the backward movement of the thigh. Muscles that act hip extension are active while you stand up of a chair, walk, run, roll over, jump, and climb stairs. The main muscles worked in the hip extension are...

Dorsiflexion of the foot is the movement at the ankle joint (talocrural joint) where the foot upwards towards the shin and reducing the angle between the dorsum of the foot and the leg. It implies the flexion of the foot...

Hip abduction is a significant movement of the leg apart from the midline of the body. Hip abduction exercises are necessary because they strengthen the muscles that secure the femur into the hip joint. We practice this action every day...

Hamstring muscles are one of the three posterior thigh muscles in between the hip and the knee. There are three hamstring muscles- Semitendinosus Semimembranosus Biceps femoris These muscles span the thigh, crossing both the hip and the knee. They originate at just below...

The hip flexors muscles are a group of muscles throughout the top of the thighs that attach your upper leg to the hip. Raising your knee toward the body takes the effort of many muscles that are collectively identified as...

The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the feet, legs, thighs, pelvis, abdomen and delivers into the right atrium of the heart. It runs alongside the abdominal aorta, It enters the right atrium at...

Veins are blood vessels that move blood toward the heart. Maximum veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left upper chamber...