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Quadratus Lumborum

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Abstract

This muscle varies according to the degree of development of its vertebral slips. The insertion of the muscle has been found to extend to the eleventh rib. Syn.: m. scalenus lumborum (Meyer, H.), ileolumbalis (Meyer, H.), rectus abdominis posticus (Luschka).

This muscle varies according to the degree of development of its vertebral slips. The insertion of the muscle has been found to extend to the eleventh rib.

Syn.: m. scalenus lumborum (Meyer, H.), ileolumbalis (Meyer, H.), rectus abdominis posticus (Luschka).

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th ed. The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company.New York.
Henle, J. (1871) Handbuch der Muskellehre des Menschen, in Handbuch der systematischen Anatomie. Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig.
Macalister, A. (1875) Observations on muscular anomalies in the human anatomy. Third series with a catalogue of the principal muscular variations hitherto published. Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Sci. 25:1-130.

Anatomical classification

Systems:: Muscular system

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Adaptation of «Quadratus Lumborum — 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/Q/02Quadratus.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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