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Abstract                 Volume:3  Issue-9  Year-2016          Original Research Articles

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Incidence and Morphometric Dimensions of Psoas Minor Muscle in South Indian Population - A Cadaveric Study
Mokkasamy Jeyanthi1, T. S. R. Anjana2, Sathuruvel Ezhilarasan3 and K. Muthuvel Vijayan4
1Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Govt. Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Govt. Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
4Tutor, Department of Anatomy, Govt. Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The present study was conducted in thirty two cadavers from the Department of Anatomy, Government Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India. The psoas minor was found in two of the thirty two cadavers with an incidence of 6.25% in the present study. Apart from that, the muscle belly was longer than the tendinous part in contrast to other authors where the muscle belly was shorter than the tendon. In both the cadavers, the muscles derived its innervation from the ventral rami of first lumbar nerve on both sides. The study highlights the presence of psoas minor in South Indian population.

Keywords: Abdominal muscles,Morphometric dimensions,Psoas minor
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Jeyanthi, M., Anjana, T. S. R., Ezhilarasan, S., Muthuvel Vijayan, K., 2016. Incidence and morphometric dimensions of psoas minor muscle in South Indian population - A cadaveric study.Int.J.Curr.Res.Biosci.Plantbiol. 3(9): 64-68. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcrbp.2016.309.009
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