A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?

The plantaris is a small muscle that typically originates at the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and the knee joint capsule, from where it continues distally, forming a long and slender tendon. However, considerable controversy surrounds the status of this seemingly inconspicuous muscle: is...

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Autores principales: Olewnik, Łukasz, Zielinska, N., Karauda, P., Tubbs, R. Shane, Polguj, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Paris 2020
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Anatomic Variations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32382814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-020-02478-8
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author Olewnik, Łukasz
Zielinska, N.
Karauda, P.
Tubbs, R. Shane
Polguj, M.
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Zielinska, N.
Karauda, P.
Tubbs, R. Shane
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description The plantaris is a small muscle that typically originates at the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and the knee joint capsule, from where it continues distally, forming a long and slender tendon. However, considerable controversy surrounds the status of this seemingly inconspicuous muscle: is it a residual muscle, or one that it is just developing? In addition, both the proximal and distal attachments are highly morphologically variable. These variations can lead to many diseases. Interestingly, the course of the PM tendon is also variable. The present case study presents a new description of a complex origin type and a rare course of the PM tendon. Understanding of the PM and its tendon has clear clinical value and is a significant indicator of the development of interest in this overlooked muscle.
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spelling pubmed-73665632020-07-21 A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle? Olewnik, Łukasz Zielinska, N. Karauda, P. Tubbs, R. Shane Polguj, M. Surg Radiol Anat Anatomic Variations The plantaris is a small muscle that typically originates at the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and the knee joint capsule, from where it continues distally, forming a long and slender tendon. However, considerable controversy surrounds the status of this seemingly inconspicuous muscle: is it a residual muscle, or one that it is just developing? In addition, both the proximal and distal attachments are highly morphologically variable. These variations can lead to many diseases. Interestingly, the course of the PM tendon is also variable. The present case study presents a new description of a complex origin type and a rare course of the PM tendon. Understanding of the PM and its tendon has clear clinical value and is a significant indicator of the development of interest in this overlooked muscle. Springer Paris 2020-05-08 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7366563/ /pubmed/32382814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-020-02478-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Anatomic Variations
Olewnik, Łukasz
Zielinska, N.
Karauda, P.
Tubbs, R. Shane
Polguj, M.
A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
title A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
title_full A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
title_fullStr A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
title_full_unstemmed A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
title_short A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
title_sort three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
topic Anatomic Variations
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32382814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-020-02478-8
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