68 - Arc of Riolan

The superior mesenteric artery supplies the caecum, appendix, ascending colon and right two-thirds of the transverse colon via the ileocolic, right colic and middle colic branches. The ileocolic artery is formed as the distal continuation of the superior mesenteric artery in the root of the small bowel mesentery after the origin of the last ileal artery.

The inferior mesenteric artery is

67 - Anatomy of Knee

*I am not gonna explain the entire anatomy of the knee here, coz u will find that in hundreds of books. I am gonna post a video made by Dr. Bertram Zarins of the Mass General Hospital Sports Medicine Service, which has made me happy (happy because of its simplicity and beauty in explaining the basic anatomy). Sometimes you try explaining hundreds of things to students without a picture or video

66 - Torcular herophili

The confluence of sinuses or torcular herophili is the connecting point of the superior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, and occipital sinus. It is found deep to the occipital protuberance of the skull. Blood arriving at this point then proceeds to drain into the left and right transverse sinuses.

The superior sagittal sinus often drains into (either exclusively or predominantly) one transverse

65 - Truesdale's Triangle

Anatomic area formed at lower end of thoracic esophagus by diaphragm inferiorly, pericardium anteriorly and superiorly, and descending aorta posteriorly.

For those wondering about the importance of this triangle, this traingle contains the esophagus and helps the surgeons performing various oesophageal surgical procedures like thoracoscopic oesophagomyotomy.

The surgeons approach the

64 - Transpyloric plane

An upper transverse line also known as Addison's Plane, located halfway between the jugular notch and the upper border of the pubic symphysis. It is also said to lie roughly a hand's breadth beneath the xiphoid process of the human sternum. The plane in most cases cuts through the pylorus of the stomach, the tips of the ninth costal cartilages and the lower border of the first lumbar vertebra.

63 - Scalene Muscles

The scalene muscles are a group of three pairs of muscles in the lateral neck, namely the scalenus anterior, scalenus medius, and scalenus posterior.

They are innervated by the spinal nerves C4-C6.

The Scalenus anterior (Scalenus anticus), also known as anterior scalene muscle, lies deeply at the side of the neck, behind the Sternocleidomastoideus.
It arises from the anterior tubercles

Employees of pharma firms to hold rally on January 2 - Indian Express

Employees of pharma firms to hold rally on January 2 - Indian Express


Around 20,000 sales promotion employees of state-based pharmaceutical companies will hold a rally from Rani Baug in Byculla to Azad Maidan on January 2 demanding enforcement of the Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976.
“This is a fight for our legal identity. Appointment letters for employees should be on the basis of submission of Form-A, which makes labour laws applicable. By refusing to submit Form-A, pharmaceutical companies are treating their employees as bonded labourers,” alleged K B Kadam, general secretary of Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives’ Association of India (FMRAI).
Kadam added that such practices by pharmaceutical companies affect medicine distribution. “ When employees are treated as bonded labourers, there is a high possibility of them being involved in bribery for trade and prescription of medicines,” he said.