Ramification pattern of the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve in the human foot |
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Authors: | Takamitsu Arakawa Shin-lchi Sekiya Katsuji Kumaki Toshio Terashima |
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Institution: | Division of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. |
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Abstract: | To understand how the oblique and transverse heads of the adductor hallucis muscle of the human foot are phylogenitically and ontogenetically developed, it is essential to know nerve supplies of these two heads of the muscle. In the present study, we dissected seven feet of five Japanese cadavers in detail to clarify the ramification patterns of the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve by peeling off its epineurium (the nerve fascicle analysis method). We found that the muscular branch to the oblique head of the adductor hallucis muscle directly separated from nerve fascicles constituting the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve, whereas the muscular branch to the transverse head arose in common with branches which innervated other intrinsic muscles of the foot, i.e., the 2nd and 3rd lumbrical muscles and the 1st and 2nd dorsal interossei muscles. The present study revealed that two heads of the adductor hallucis muscle, the oblique and transverse, had different innervating patterns, suggesting that two heads of the human adductor hallucis muscle develop from different primordia, and not from common ancestors. |
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Keywords: | Lateral plantar nerve Adductor hallucis Interossei Lumbricales Flexor digiti minimi brevis Fiber analysis Fascicle analysis |
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