National Journal of Clinical Anatomy Abstract Background: Dermatoglyphics, the scientific study of the origin, development and variation of dermal ridges and patterns on the fingers, palms and soles have been employed to observe association with many congenital defects and genetic diseases. Congenital deafness refers to a hearing loss which is believed to have been present since birth. A congen...

Introduction Congenital variations of the aortic arch and its branches are commonly encountered in radiological practice [13]. A right-sided aortic arch (RAA) with an aberrant left subclavian artery (ALSA) is a rare variation that occurs in 0.05% of the population. The most common vertebral artery variation is the left vertebral artery (LVA) arising from the aortic arch with a reported prevelan...

Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are rare but important problems in living donors for kidney transplantation, especially in cases of a short left renal vein and accompanying vascular and urological anatomic variations. However, the clinical impacts of IVC anomalies in deceased donors have yet to be reported. The unexpected presence of an IVC in an unusual position poses chal...

The morphology of the outlet septum, the ventriculo-infundibular fold, the infundibulum and the septomarginal trabeculation has been well described. These structures are closely interrelated, such that variations in the morphology and orientation of any one of them inevitably affect the morphology and orientation of the others. In this review, we seek to clarify how these normal relationships c...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Zhou Yaw Loo, Department of Surgery, Box Hill Hospital, Nelson Road, Melbourne, VIC 3128, Australia. Phone: +614 3033 5733. E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1 MBChB, PG Dip Surg Anat, 2 B Med Sci, MBBS, PG Dip Surg Anat. 1 & 2 Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Pa...

Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are a large group of prevalent and complex anatomic malformations of the heart, with the genetic basis remaining largely unknown. Since genes or factors associated with the differentiation of human embryonic stem (HES) cells would affect the development of all embryonic tissues, including cardiac progenitor cells, we postulated their potential roles in CHD. In th...

There is considerable interest in understanding women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Career choices have been shown to be driven in part by interests, and gender differences in those interests have generally been considered to result from socialization. We explored the contribution of sex hormones to career-related interests, in particular st...

Duplication of vas deferens is a rare congenital anomaly. All previously reported cases of this rare anomaly were identified during procedures such as orchiepexy, inguinal hernia repair, vasectomy, varicocoelectomy, and radical prostatectomy. Here, we report a case of unilateral duplicated vas deferens noted in an adult cadaver during regular dissection for medical students. The right spermatic...