Encyclopedia entry
Cremaster
Abstract
In females, this muscle is represented by a few fasciculi on the round ligament. It may arise, in part from the transversus abdominis. The muscle may arise from two different sources, transversus abdominis and internal oblique muscles. Reference Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th Ed., The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. Williams, P.L., Warwick, R., Dyson, M. and L.H. Bannister, Eds. (1989) Gray's Anatomy, 37th ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
In females, this muscle is represented by a few fasciculi on the round ligament. It may arise, in part from the transversus abdominis. The muscle may arise from two different sources, transversus abdominis and internal oblique muscles.
Reference Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th Ed., The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
Williams, P.L., Warwick, R., Dyson, M. and L.H. Bannister, Eds. (1989) Gray's Anatomy, 37th ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Muscular system
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Adaptation of «Cremaster — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/MuscularSystem/Text/C/43Cremaster.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.
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