Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes) — John Shaqi
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.--On both sides of one specimen, the femoral notch
is absent and the proximal end of the muscle is not notched; the
proximal part is entirely fleshy and the anterior border is well defined
(fig. 20D).
_T. cupido_
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--The part attaching anterior to the femoral notch
has a fleshy origin in one leg (fig. 20B), but in another, no part
attaches anterior to the femoral notch (thus the muscle is not notched).
In one leg, the insertional tendon is strongly fused to, and continuous
with, the ventral edge of the insertional tendon of M. gluteus
profundus.
_P. p. jamesi_
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--The part attaching anterior to the femoral notch
may be mainly or entirely fleshy. In one leg, the part attaching
anterior to the femoral notch is entirely separate from, although
overlapped by, the main part of the muscle for the entire length of the
fleshy belly (fig. 20C); both parts have a common insertional tendon.
=_M. Psoas_= (M. iliacus), Figs. 13, 15, 18
_T. pallidicinctus_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND RELATIONS.--Small and slender; on medial aspect
of proximal end of thigh lateral to proximal end of M. ambiens;
ventromedial to M. iliotrochantericus medius; proximal end visible from
inside pelvis (medial to inguinal ligament); passes dorsolateral to
inguinal ligament.
ORIGIN.--The muscle arises fleshily from the ventrolateral edge of the
ilium posterior to the femoral notch and ventral (adjacent) to the
origin of M. iliotrochantericus medius.
INSERTION.--The attachment is tendinous to the medial surface of the
femur a short distance proximal to the origin of M. femoritibialis
internus.
INNERVATION.--The posterior division of the femoral nerve, which spirals
completely around M. psoas, gives several twigs into the proximal part.
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--None of significance.
_T. cupido_
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--In two legs the insertion is partly fleshy.
_P. p. jamesi_
INDIVIDUAL VARIATION.--In one leg the insertion is partly fleshy. The
posterior division of the femoral nerve perforates the muscle in one
instance.
=_M. Flexor Cruris Lateralis_= (M. semitendinosus), Figs. 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17
This muscle represents only the main head of the muscle for which Fisher
and Goodman (1955) used the same name. Their accessory head of M. flexor
cruris lateralis is here termed M. femorocruralis.
_T. pallidicinctus_
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