| arteria genus superior lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, lateral circumflex femoral, third perforating, anterior tibial recurrent, lateral inferior genicular, i.e., the articular vascular network of the knee. Synonym: arteria genus superior lateralis, lateral superior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteria malleolaris anterior lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, anterior tibial; distribution, ankle joint; anastomoses, peroneal, lateral tarsal. Synonym: arteria malleolaris anterior lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria occipitalis lateralis | <anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it supplies, by several named branches, the lateral portions of the temporal lobe. Synonym: arteria occipitalis lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria plantaris lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Larger of the two terminal branches of the posterior tibial; distribution, forms the plantar arch and through it supplies the sole of the foot and plantar surfaces of the toes; anastomoses, medial plantar, dorsalis pedis. Synonym: arteria plantaris lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria sacralis lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Usually one of two arteries which arise from the internal iliac artery or its branches; they supply muscles and skin in the neighborhood and send branches into the sacral canal, supplying radicular and spinal arteries, and continuing on to the skin and subcutaneous tissues overlying the sacrum. Synonym: arteria sacralis lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria tarsea lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, dorsalis pedis; distribution, tarsal joints and extensor digitorum brevis muscle; anastomoses, arcuate, peroneal, lateral plantar, anterior lateral malleolar. Synonym: arteria tarsea lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria thoracica lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles of chest and mammary gland. Synonym: arteria thoracica lateralis, external mammary artery, long thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articulatio atlantoaxialis lateralis | A condylar synovial joint between the inferior articular facets of the atlas and the superior articular facets of the axis. Synonym: articulatio atlantoaxialis lateralis, lateral atlantoepistrophic joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bursa subcutanea malleoli lateralis | lateral malleolar subcutaneous bursa |
| canales saemicirculares lateralis | Lateral saemicircular canal. See: bony saemicircular canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami corporis geniculati lateralis | The lateral geniculate body branches, branches of the anterior choroid artery to the lateral geniculate body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami mammarii laterales arteriae thoracicae lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Branches of the lateral thoracic artery which extend around the lateral borders of the pectoral muscles to supply the lateral aspect of the breast and mammary gland. Synonym: rami mammarii laterales arteriae thoracicae lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum intercostalium | An alternate term for lateral mammary branches of lateral cutaneous branches of thoracic spinal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum thoracicorum | Branches arising from the lateral cutaneous branches of the ventral primary rami of spinal nerves (intercostal nerves) T-3 to T-6 which run anteriorly to supply the lateral aspect of the breast. Synonym: rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum thoracicorum, rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum intercostalium, lateral mammary branches of lateral cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vastus lateralis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral lip of linea aspera as far as great trochanter; insertion, tibial tuberosity by way of common tendon of quadriceps femoris and patellar ligament; action, extends leg; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus vastus lateralis, lateral great muscle, lateral vastus muscle, musculus vastus externus. (05 Mar 2000) |