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
FIG. 7. Semidiagrammatic dorsolateral view of the sciatic
nerve of _Tympanuchus pallidicinctus_ 2L, 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; 17, M. flexor
ischiofemoralis; 18, M. femorocruralis (branch of tibial nerve);
22, cutaneous; 23, nonmuscular (branch of peroneal nerve). 391
FIG. 8. Semidiagrammatic dorsolateral view of the
sciatic nerve of _Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus_ 3L,
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; 11, M. flexor
cruris lateralis; 12, M. caudofemoralis pars caudifemoralis;
13, M. caudofemoralis pars iliofemoralis; 17, M. flexor
ischiofemoralis; 18, M. femorocruralis (branch of tibial
nerve); 20, cutaneous; 22, cutaneous. 392
FIG. 9. Semidiagrammatic dorsolateral view of the
sciatic nerve of _Pedioecetes phasianellus jamesi_ 3L,
showing the distribution of the branches. × 2-1/2. 1,
M. gluteus profundus; 2, M. piriformis; 3, M. extensor
iliotibialis lateralis; 4,5,7, M. extensor iliofibularis;
8, M. flexor cruris medialis; 9, cutaneous; 11, M. flexor
cruris lateralis; 13,14, M. caudofemoralis pars iliofemoralis;
16,17, M. flexor ischiofemoralis; 18,19, M. femorocruralis
(branch of tibial nerve); 20, cutaneous; 22, cutaneous. 393
FIG. 10. A,B. Semidiagrammatic drawings of the peroneal
nerve of _Tympanuchus pallidicinctus_ 1L, showing the
distribution of the branches. × 2. C. Semidiagrammatic drawing
of the distal part of the peroneal nerve of _Tympanuchus
cupido attwateri_ 1R, showing the distribution of the
branches. × 2. 1,2, M. tibialis anticus (tibial head); 3,4,
M. tibialis anticus (femoral head); 5, M. extensor digitorum
longus; 6, nonmuscular; 7,8, M. peroneus longus; 9, M. peroneus
brevis; 10,11, M. extensor hallucis longus (proximal head);
12, M. extensor hallucis longus (distal head); 13-15, nonmuscular
(to toes); 16, M. abductor digiti II; 17, M. extensor brevis
digiti III; 18, M. extensor brevis digiti IV. 394
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