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FACIAL ARTERY: The artery which originates from the external carotid and branches into the ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, septal, lateral nasal, angular, and glandular arteries. image

FALCIFORM LIGAMENT: (of Liver) An extension of the coronary ligament of the liver that attaches the liver to the diaphragm and separates the right and left lobes of the liver. image

FALLOPIAN TUBES: These muscular tubes connect from the uterus (upper lateral cornu) to the peritoneal cavity in the area of the ipsilateral ovary. image

FALSE VOCAL CORD: A fold of mucous membrane in the larynx that separates the vestibule from the laryngeal ventricle, all above the true vocal cords (glottis). image

FEMORAL ARTERY: A continuation of the external iliac that branches into the superficial epigastric, superficial circumflex iliac, external pudendal, deep femoral, and descending geniculate arteries. image

FEMORAL CONDYLES: (medial and lateral)Two articulating surfaces located on the distal end of the femur and articulate with the proximal head of the tibia. image

FEMORAL VEIN: The continuation of the popliteal vein that becomes the external iliac at the inguinal ligament. image

FLOOR OF ORBIT The inferior portion of the bony cavity that contains the eyeball, made up of the maxilla, zygomatic, and palatine bones. image

FLOOR OF SELLA: The inferior portion of the sella turcica (pituitary fossa). image

FORAMEN MAGNUM: The large opening that connects the vertebral canal to the cranial cavity, located in the anterior and inferior portion of the occipital bone, and allows passage of CSF and connection of the medulla oblongata to the cervical spinal cord. image

FORAMEN OVALE: The passage for the mandibular (3rd) branch of the trigeminal (Vth) nerve through the medial and posterior part of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. image

FORAMEN ROTUNDUM: The opening that allows the passage of the maxillary (2nd) branch of the trigeminal (Vth) nerve through the medial part of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. image

FORAMEN SPINOSUM: The opening near the posterior angle of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, posterior to the spinous process, that allows passage of the middle meningeal artery. image

FORAMEN TRANSVERSIUM: The opening in the transverse process which allows the vertebral vessels to pass through the cervical vertebra. image

FOURTH VENTRICLE: The cavity in the rhombencephalon located between the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the isthmus ventrally and anterior and the cerebellum dorsally and posterior. image

FOVEA CAPITUS: The depression where the ligamentum teres attaches to the head of the femur, containing the vascular supply for the intracapsular portion of the femur (head and proximal neck). image

FRONTAL BONE: The bone that closes the frontal part of the cranial cavity. image

FRONTAL HORN: The extension of the lateral ventricle into the frontal lobe of the brain. image

FRONTAL LOBE: The portion of the anterior cerebral hemisphere from the frontal pole to the sulcus centralis (central sulcus). image

FRONTAL SINUS: A paired paranasal sinus within the frontal bone that is connected to the middle meatus of the nasal cavity by the nasofrontal duct. Both functionally, and embryologically, the frontal sinus represents the most anterior ethmoid air cell. image

FUNDUS OF STOMACH: The portion of the stomach that lies above and to the left of the entrance of the esophagus. image




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Portions © 1997 J.G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. and others.