Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)Holmes, E. Bruce
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Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)
Holmes, E. Bruce
Leg -- Innervation; Leg -- Muscles; Sharp-tailed grouse; Tympanuchus
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--In two legs the anterior division gives a twig or
two twigs to M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis. The dorsal division may
fuse proximally with either the anterior or middle division, thus
appearing to be a branch of one of these divisions. In one leg (fig.
5A), there are two separate branches (both fused with the middle
division) to M. iliacus. On both sides of one specimen (fig. 5A), the
anteriormost branch of the middle division, which supplies M. extensor
iliotibialis lateralis, gives off a twig that anastomoses with the
branch of the anterior division that supplies M. extensor iliotibialis
anticus. On both sides of another specimen, the anterodorsal division
passes lateral to the anterior end of M. iliotrochantericus medius
instead of through the femoral notch, which is lacking.
_T. cupido_
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--In three legs, the anterior division gives twigs
into M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis. The dorsal division is fused
proximally with the middle division in one instance. In three cases, a
twig from the middle division anastomoses with the branch of the
anterior division supplying M. extensor iliotibialis anticus. In the
example shown in fig. 5B, a twig comes off the cutaneous branch of the
anterior division, perforates the ventral part of M. iliacus, and
rejoins the cutaneous branch. In both legs of one specimen, the
cutaneous branch of the anterior division perforates the anterior edge
of M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis instead of passing between the
latter and M. extensor iliotibialis anticus. The posteriormost branch of
the middle division, which terminates in M. femoritibialis internus,
perforates the medial part of M. vastus medialis in one leg. In another
leg, one of the branches to the fused Mm. vastus lateralis and vastus
medialis sends a twig into M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis.
_P. p. jamesi_
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--In three legs, the anterior branch of the
anterior division is cutaneous and the posterior branch supplies M.
extensor iliotibialis anticus. The dorsal division may fuse proximally
with either the anterior or middle division. In one leg (fig. 4B), there
are two branches to M. iliacus, one associated with the anterior
division and one with the middle division.
=_Obturator Nerve_=
_T. pallidicinctus_
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