Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report
ABSTRACT During the evolution from the lower animals to man, the upper limbs have acquired a great mobility, but at the cost of their stability. The reverse is true for the lower limbs. The muscular anomalies which are common in the upper limbs are largely explainable on a phylogenetic basis. T...
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During the evolution from the lower animals to man, the upper
limbs have acquired a great mobility, but at the cost of their
stability. The reverse is true for the lower limbs. The muscular
anomalies which are common in the upper limbs are largely
explainable on a phylogenetic basis. The same is true for the
vascular anomalies. However, such anomalies are usually seen
singly and they are never together in the same limb or in two limbs
of the same body. The upper limbs which are being reported
here had multiple musculovascular anomalies and some of these
were bilateral. These include the superficial brachial artery, the
accessory head of the biceps brachii, the accessory muscular
slips which arose from the common flexor origin and went to
the tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus and the flexor
pollicis longus separately, bifurcation of the tendon of insertion
of the brachioradialis and bifurcated (split) insertion of the third
lumbrical on the adjacent fingers. Though all these variations
have been described in the standard text books of Anatomy, their
occurrence, together in one limb and the bilateral presentations
of some of these, have never been encountered. Almost all these
variations have been explained phylogenically, thus supporting
the dictum, “The ontogeny repeats the phylogeny.” Furthermore,
their clinical significance has also been discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65a4974865bd4c70a6f2c01b3b42c6af2022-12-21T23:22:46ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2013-02-017234234610.7860/JCDR/2013/4672.2763Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report Rajan Kumar Singla 0Rimpi Gupta1 Kanika Sachdeva2Additional Professor, Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Amritsar-143001, Punjab, IndiaAssistant professor, Dept of Anatomy, BPS Govt Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, IndiaAssistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Chintpurni Medical College, Pathankot, Punjab, IndiaABSTRACT During the evolution from the lower animals to man, the upper limbs have acquired a great mobility, but at the cost of their stability. The reverse is true for the lower limbs. The muscular anomalies which are common in the upper limbs are largely explainable on a phylogenetic basis. The same is true for the vascular anomalies. However, such anomalies are usually seen singly and they are never together in the same limb or in two limbs of the same body. The upper limbs which are being reported here had multiple musculovascular anomalies and some of these were bilateral. These include the superficial brachial artery, the accessory head of the biceps brachii, the accessory muscular slips which arose from the common flexor origin and went to the tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus and the flexor pollicis longus separately, bifurcation of the tendon of insertion of the brachioradialis and bifurcated (split) insertion of the third lumbrical on the adjacent fingers. Though all these variations have been described in the standard text books of Anatomy, their occurrence, together in one limb and the bilateral presentations of some of these, have never been encountered. Almost all these variations have been explained phylogenically, thus supporting the dictum, “The ontogeny repeats the phylogeny.” Furthermore, their clinical significance has also been discussed.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/2763/37-%204672_PF1(M)_E(C)_F(T)_PF1(M)_PF1(T)_FA(T)_u.pdfupper limbsbiceps brachiiflexor digitorum profundusflexor pollicis longusbrachioradialislumbricalssuperficial brachial artery |
| spellingShingle | Rajan Kumar Singla Rimpi Gupta Kanika Sachdeva Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research upper limbs biceps brachii flexor digitorum profundus flexor pollicis longus brachioradialis lumbricals superficial brachial artery |
| title | Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report |
| title_full | Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report |
| title_short | Multiple Musculovascular Anomalies in the Superior Extremities of a Cadaver: A Case Report |
| title_sort | multiple musculovascular anomalies in the superior extremities of a cadaver a case report |
| topic | upper limbs biceps brachii flexor digitorum profundus flexor pollicis longus brachioradialis lumbricals superficial brachial artery |
| url | https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/2763/37-%204672_PF1(M)_E(C)_F(T)_PF1(M)_PF1(T)_FA(T)_u.pdf |
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