Vallecula Anatomy

Botany botany a small groove or furrow in a plant stem or fruit. This depression is called the vallecula of the cerebellum and lodges the posterior part of the medulla oblongata and the inferior vermis which consists of the tuber vermis pyramid uvula and nodule.

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Specific sub sites of these organs which are considered lateral sites are indicated with an asterisk in the code table above.

Vallecula anatomy. Body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. The epiglottic valleculae are paired depressions in the oropharynx located anterior to the epiglottis and posterior to the base of tongue. Vallecula anatomy any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part.

The vallecula is an important reference landmark used during intubation of the trachea. The epiglottic vallecula is a depression just behind the root of the tongue between the medial and lateral glosso epiglottic folds in the throat. The procedure requires the blade tip of a macintosh style laryngoscope to be placed as far as possible into the vallecula in order to facilitate directly visualizing the glottis.

General anatomy alimentary system pharynx cavity of pharynx oral part of the pharynx epiglottic vallecula. Fissure anatomy a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes. Costal groove groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are.

On the superior surface of cerebellum the vermis protrudes above the level of the hemispheres but on the inferior surface it is sunk almost out of sight in the bottom of a deep depression between them. Anatomy of the head neck paired organs include the tonsils parotid glands other major salivary glands maxillary and frontal sinuses and the nasal cavities. They are located between the lateral glossoepiglottic folds and the median glossoepiglottic fold.

Anatomy anatomy any of various natural depressions or crevices such as certain fissures of the brain.

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