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
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FIG. 1. Pelvis of _Tympanuchus pallidicinctus_.
A. Lateral view. × 1. B. Ventral view. × 1-1/8. 370
FIG. 2. Ventral views of the lumbosacral plexus of
_Tympanuchus pallidicinctus_.
Sympathetic ganglionated chain removed. Numbers indicate
synsacral spinal nerves. × 2. A. T.p. 1L. B. T.p. 2L. 386
FIG. 3. Ventral views of the lumbosacral plexus.
Sympathetic ganglionated chain removed. Numbers indicate
synsacral spinal nerves. × 2. A. _Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus_
3L. B. _Pedioecetes phasianellus jamesi_ 4L. 387
FIG. 4. Semidiagrammatic ventral views of the femoral
nerve, showing the distribution of the branches. × 3. 1,2,
M. extensor iliotibialis anticus; 3, cutaneous; 4-6, M. extensor
iliotibialis lateralis; 7,8, M. iliacus; 9, M. gluteus
profundus; 10-12, fused Mm. vastus lateralis and vastus
medialis; 13,14, M. vastus medialis; 15, M. ambiens;
16, M. femoritibialis internus; 17, nonmuscular; 18, M.
psoas; 19, M. iliotrochantericus medius. A. _Tympanuchus
cupido pinnatus_ 3L. B. _Pedioecetes phasianellus
jamesi_ 3L. 388
FIG. 5. Semidiagrammatic ventral views of the femoral
nerve, showing the distribution of the branches. × 3. 1,2, M.
extensor iliotibialis anticus; 3, cutaneous; 5,6, M. extensor
iliotibialis lateralis; 7,8, M. iliacus; 9, M. gluteus
profundus; 10,11, fused Mm. vastus lateralis and vastus
medialis; 13, M. vastus medialis; 15, M. ambiens; 16,
M. femoritibialis internus; 17, nonmuscular; 18, M. psoas;
19, M. iliotrochantericus medius. A. _Tympanuchus
pallidicinctus_ 2L. B. _Tympanuchus cupido attwateri_ 1R. 389
FIG. 6. Semidiagrammatic dorsolateral view of the sciatic
nerve of _Pedioecetes phasianellus jamesi_ 3R, showing
the distribution of the branches. × 2-1/2. 1, M. gluteus
profundus; 2, M. piriformis; 3, M. extensor iliotibialis
lateralis; 4-7, M. extensor iliofibularis; 8, M. flexor cruris
medialis; 9, cutaneous; 10, to pudendal plexus; 11, M. flexor
cruris lateralis; 12, M. caudofemoralis pars caudifemoralis;
13-15, M. caudofemoralis pars iliofemoralis; 16,17, M. flexor
ischiofemoralis; 18,19, M. femorocruralis (branch of tibial
nerve); 20, cutaneous; 21, M. gastrocnemius pars media (branch
of tibial nerve); 22, cutaneous. 390
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