anatomy
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Anatomical Lungs Emoji
As a follow-up to my labeled anatomical heart emoji, I give you the lungs! Also from the Emoji 13.0 list.
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Anatomical Heart Emoji
The “anatomical heart” was approved with Unicode 13.0 in 2020 and added to Emoji 13.0 the same year. Its appearance…
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Situs Inversus Totalis
Situs inversus totalis is a rare (0.01% of the population) condition where patients have a mirror-image reversal of their internal…
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Anatomic Liver Segments
The Couinaud classification system divides the liver into eight, functionally independent segments each with a center consisting of portal vein…
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The Pringles Mitral Valve
The mitral valve’s complex geometry is usually described as a “saddle shape”, but I definitely prefer the comparison to Pringles…
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The Endothelial Glycocalyx
The glycocalyx is a surface layer of proteins lining the luminal (blood-containing) side of vascular endothelium. It plays an important…
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Bovine Aortic Arch
Over a dozen different aortic arch great vessel configurations have been described in humans. I’ve illustrated the two most common…
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The Heart’s Fibrous Skeleton
There’s a complex yet beautiful architecture within the heart’s fibrous skeleton and valvular geometry. To become a proficient perioperative echocardiographer,…
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Neuraxial Anesthetics And Anatomy
Understanding neuraxial anatomy is an essential part to successfully perform epidural and spinal (intrathecal) anesthetics. Here’s a schematic outlining the…
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Layers Of The Scalp
Do you know the mnemonic “SCALP” for the five layers of the scalp? The skin layer is relatively thick and…
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