An accessory flexor digitorum longus muscle with high division of the tibial nerve

KURTOĞLU Z., Uluutku M. H., Can M. A., ONDEROGLU S.

SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY, vol.23, no.1, pp.61-63, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00276-001-0061-7
  • Journal Name: SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.61-63
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

An accessory flexor digitorum longus muscle associated with a high division of the tibial nerve was encountered during routine dissection in the right leg of a newborn cadaver. The tibial nerve divided into its two terminal branches at a higher level than normal with a small branch from the tibial nerve contributing to one of the terminal branches. In addition. an accessory flexor digitorum longus muscle was observed to pass between the terminal branches of the tibial nerve.