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A band, skeletal muscle, 48f, 49 Abdomen
anterior wall. SeeAnterior abdominal wall posterior wall. See Posterior abdominal wall radiological images of, 278f-282f
regions and planes of, 232f, 233f surface anatomy of, 232
Abdominal aorta, 255, 255f branchesof,255-258, 258f-259f
Abdominalviscera. See also individual organs arterial supplyto, 255-258, 255f developmentof, 247-249
andrelationship to peritoneum, 245 venousdrainageof, 259, 260f
Abdominopelvic fascia, 234, 235f Abducensnerve (CN VI), 387f, 393
horizontal conjugate gaze and, 406, 408 nucleus of, 393
Absorption, in colon, 102 Accessory duct ofSantorini, 108
Accessory glands, male reproductive system, 132-135 Accessorynucleus, 392 Accommodation-convergence reaction, 438, 440 Acinar cells, 107
Acinus/acini hepatic, 109 pancreatic, 106
Actin thin filaments, 49, 50 Adie pupil, 440 Adipocytes, 28 Aganglionosis, colonic, 250 Agnosia, visual, 468 Agraphia,463
alexia without, 468, 470f Air-bloodbarrier.See Blood-airbarrier Albinism, 150
Alexiawithoutagraphia, 468, 470f Alpha-feto protein (AFP) levels, 335 Alveolar ducts, 83, 83f
Alveolar sacs, 83, 83f Alveolarwall, 84 Alveoli, 83, 83f, 84f
surfactantand, 84 Alzheimerdisease,475, 479
genetics of, 479
intermediate filamentsand, 14 neuron decay in, 418 pathology of, 479
Amino acidchains,in collagen synthesis, 30f, 31
Amnesia, anterograde, 478
Ampulla ofVater, pancreas and, 108 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 378, 378f
Index
Analcanal, 254
Analtriangle, 272 Anastomoses
lowerlimb, 305-306, 306f portacaval, 262, 262f upperlimb, 293, 294f, 295
Anchoringjunctions, 16 Anencephaly, 337 Angiotensin I/II, 77 Ankle joint, 310, 31Of Annular pancreas, 247, 249
Anterior abdominalwall,232-235 bloodvessels of, 235
fasciaof, 234, 235f
inguinal region andcanal of, 235 innervation of, 235
lymphatics of, 235
superficial structures of, 234, 235f surfaceanatomyof,232
Anterior cerebral artery (ACA),459,460f occlusionof,459
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), 309, 309f Anteriormediastinum, 206f, 207
Anterior spinal artery (ASA) occlusion, 378, 378f Anterograde amnesia, 478
Anterograde axonal degeneration, 63, 346, 346f Anterograde axonal transport, 59, 345 Anterolateral (spinothalamic) system, 372, 373f, 390 Antigen-presenting cells, 66-67
Aorta
coarctation of, 210, 210f thoracic, 207
Aortic arch, 209
Aorticopulmonaryseptum formation, 203, 203f Aphasia
conduction,466 expressive,464 receptive,466
Apocrine sweat glands, 151 Appetite, physiology of, 104
Appositional growth, ofcartilage, 35, 37 Apraxia, transcortical, 466, 470f APUD cells
gastric. See Enteroendocrine cells
pulmonary. See Pulmonary neuroendocrine (PNE) cells Arachnoid, spinal meninges and, 177, l76f
Argyll Robertsonpupil,440 Arnold-Chiarimalformation, 337 Asomatognosia, 467 Astereognosis, 371
Astrocytes, 59
Astrocytoma, 348
Athetosis, 433