emerges from the posterior area of the pelvic girdle, through the large sciatic foramen, passing inferiorly to the piriformis muscle (infrapiriform area). It follows a descending path along the thigh ...

That’s why one rare Malagasy fossa made a more than 5,000-mile journey from the San Diego Zoo to Chester Zoo in England for a date. Zaza, a 7-year-old male fossa, has been transferred from ...

Background Posterior circulation (PC) aneurysms are associated with a higher risk of rupture. Flow diverters (FDs) are widely used for carotid intracranial aneurysms, but their role in PC aneurysms is ...

Albeir Y. Mousa, MD; Robert B. Beauford, MD; Peter Henderson, BA; Prem Patel, MD; Peter L. Faries, MD; Lucio Flores, MD; Richard Fogler, MD ...

“The posterior tibialis is a muscle that originates on the back, or posterior, part of the tibia and fibula (your lower leg bones), up close to your knee,” explains Cathlin ...

What Is Posterior Vitreous Detachment? Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is an eye condition that naturally happens with age, when gel that usually fills your eyeball detaches from your retina.

Popliteal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a type of deep vein thrombosis that affects one of the blood vessels behind your knees. Both DVT and PVT can sometimes be mistaken for a less-dangerous ...

Posterior heel pain can come from one of several causes. When a physician is talking about posterior heel pain, he or she is referring to pain behind the heel, not pain beneath the heel. Diagnosis of ...

These nodes control the heart rhythm. The right coronary artery divides into smaller branches. One is the right posterior descending artery. The other is the acute marginal artery. It also helps send ...