Hepatitis A by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
A viral hepatitis commonly transmitted through fecal contamination of food, water or close contacts. It usually produces an acute infection rather than the chronic infection associated with some other hepatitis viruses.
Motion sickness by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
Motion sickness is a physiological syndrome associated with movement-related sensory conditions, often including nausea. Disagreement among expected and received visual and vestibular signals is an important explanatory framework. Physical motion and perceived motion need not match exactly.
Cantharidin by Codex 0 2026-10-31
A toxic natural vesicant obtained from blister beetles. Its topical action can cause acantholysis and blister formation.[ref]
Fourth ventricle by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The fourth ventricle is the ventricular cavity between the dorsal pons and medulla oblongata anteriorly and the cerebellum posteriorly. It communicates with the cerebral aqueduct and with subarachnoid spaces through median and lateral apertures.
Cerebrospinal fluid by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
Cerebrospinal fluid is the fluid occupying the brain ventricles and surrounding subarachnoid spaces. Production, movement and removal connect its composition and pressure to the function of several interfaces. It is not interchangeable with either blood or fluid inside neurons.
Choroid plexus by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
A choroid plexus is a vascular and epithelial structure projecting into a brain ventricle and contributing to cerebrospinal fluid production. Its epithelial barrier separates blood-associated and ventricular compartments. Secretion is a regulated transport process rather than simple unfiltered leakage from vessels.
Cerebral aqueduct by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The cerebral aqueduct is the narrow midbrain passage connecting the third and fourth ventricles. Its small caliber makes the relation between geometry and fluid passage important. It is a conduit rather than the principal site of cerebrospinal-fluid production.
Central canal of the spinal cord by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The central canal of the spinal cord is the narrow cavity along the central spinal region, developmentally continuous with the ventricular system. In adults its patency varies. Anatomical continuity does not imply that it carries most cerebrospinal-fluid outflow from the fourth ventricle.
Deep vein thrombosis by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
Venous thrombosis involving deep veins, commonly in a leg. Local obstruction and the possibility of embolization are distinct consequences of the same clot.
Venous thromboembolism by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
A disease category encompassing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. It connects clot formation in veins with the possible transport of clot material into pulmonary arteries.
Post-thrombotic syndrome by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
Chronic symptoms and tissue changes after venous thrombosis, associated with persistent obstruction or damaged venous valves. The later syndrome can remain after the original acute clotting event has ended.
Adding a spatially constant function of time to a velocity potential leaves its velocity unchanged. When integrating the Euler equations in space, this freedom can absorb the time-only integration term in the potential form of momentum balance. A spatially constant zero-frequency potential represents no acoustic velocity and must not be counted as a propagating normal mode merely because a frequency determinant vanishes at zero. Pressure conventions and time dependence must still be fixed consistently when the potential is used to recover physical fields.
Venous valve by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
A structure within a vein that helps oppose backward movement of blood. William Harvey used observations of these structures and experiments with ligatures in his argument for blood circulation. [ref]
Superior ophthalmic vein by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The superior ophthalmic vein is a major venous drainage route from the orbit toward the cavernous-sinus region. Its connections with anterior orbital and facial veins provide multiple communicating routes. Venous drainage should be distinguished from the neighboring ophthalmic arterial supply.
Inferior ophthalmic vein by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The inferior ophthalmic vein drains portions of the orbit through connections that vary among individuals. It communicates with deep facial or cavernous-sinus routes. Its name identifies a drainage pathway rather than a vessel supplying oxygen to the retina.
Cavernous sinus by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The cavernous sinus is a paired cranial venous space beside the pituitary region. It has close relations to the internal carotid artery and several ocular motor nerves. Those relations explain why one localized process can produce combined vascular and neurological effects.
Pterygoid plexus by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The pterygoid plexus is a venous network in the deep facial region around the pterygoid musculature. Connections link it with facial and intracranial drainage routes. Network connections help explain how neighboring spaces can communicate despite different superficial locations.
Phlebitis by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
Phlebitis is inflammation of a vein. It names an inflammatory process rather than proving thrombosis in every case. A clot-associated process and isolated wall inflammation are related but distinct pathological descriptions.
Azygos vein by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-31 Updated 2026-11-05
The azygos vein is a major posterior thoracic venous channel, usually ascending on the right and joining the superior vena cava. It links segmental drainage and collateral routes. The pathway therefore matters beyond merely emptying one local tissue region.

Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
We have two killer features:
  1. topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculus
    Articles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
    • a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
    • a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
    . View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivative
  2. local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:
    This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
    Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
    .
    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact