scholarly journals Gross anatomy of the gluteal and posterior thigh muscles in koalas based on their innervations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayaka Tojima ◽  
Hidaka Anetai ◽  
Kaito Koike ◽  
Saori Anetai ◽  
Kounosuke Tokita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Site ◽  
Gross Anatomy ◽  
Evolutionary Morphology ◽  
Gluteal Muscle ◽  
Muscle Morphology ◽  
Dissipation Process ◽  
Posterior Thigh ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
Common Technique ◽  
Anatomical Research

There are not many descriptions of the muscle morphology of marsupials, despite the fact that they should show diversity according to the adaptation and dispersal to a variety of environments. Most of the previous studies regarding the gross anatomy of marsupials were conducted in the 1800 - 1900’s, and many issues still remain that need to be reexamined. For instance, the muscle identification had been performed based only on their attachments and thus, muscle descriptions are often inconsistent among the studies. These classic studies often do not include figures or photographs, so the discrepancies in the descriptions of the muscles could only be verified by performing the muscle identification again with a more reliable method. This problem can be solved by performing muscle identification by innervation. This method, which focuses on the ontogenic origin of the muscle as opposed to the attachment site, is prone to individual and interspecies variation and is a common technique in recent anatomical research. This technique is more reliable than previous methods and is suitable for comparison with other taxa (i.e., eutherians). In this study, we first conducted muscle identification based on innervation in the gluteal and posterior thighs of koalas in order to reorganize the anatomical knowledge of marsupials. This is because the gluteus and posterior thighs of koalas are the areas where previous studies have been particularly inconsistent. We dissected five individual koalas and clarified discrepancies in previous studies, as well as investigated the unique muscle morphology and their function in koalas. Specifically, the koala's gluteal muscle group is suitable for abduction, while the posterior thigh muscles are particularly suitable for flexion. In the future, we will update the anatomical findings of marsupials in the same way to clarify the adaptive dissipation process of marsupials, as well as to contribute to the understanding of the evolutionary morphology of mammals.

Thigh muscle activity during maximum-height jumps by cats

1985 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 979-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. Zajac
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Force Plate ◽  
Biceps Femoris ◽  
Thigh Muscle ◽  
Body Lift ◽  
Knee Flexor ◽  
Posterior Thigh ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
Flexor Muscles ◽  
Lift Off

Cats were trained to jump from a force plate and touch a cotton ball suspended as high as 1.6 m. Force-plate reaction forces and double-joint hamstring muscle activity observed early in propulsion varied from one maximal jump to another. This variability is consistent with theory (31, 32, 42); that is, different coordination strategies can be implemented prior to the heels losing contact with the force plate (heel-off). Single-joint hip extensor and double-joint posterior thigh (hip extensor-knee flexor) muscles were coactivated prior to heel-off. This coactivation is probably partially responsible for the observed backward rotation of the trunk. Forepaws, observed to contact the force plate prior to heel-off, probably assist the hindlimbs in generating trunk rotation. Both single-joint knee extensor and hip extensor muscles exhibited greatest activation between heel-off and body lift-off. Single-joint flexor muscles were inactive throughout propulsion. Double-joint posterior thigh muscles were deactivated at heel-off and remained inactivated until lift-off. These observations agree with the theoretical notion that muscles should be either fully activated, inactivated, or switched from one extreme to the other (i.e., bang-bang control) between heel-off and body lift-off (31, 32, 42, 44). All seven muscles studied shortened while activated. Using computations based on muscle geometry, fiber architecture, and joint angle trajectories, I propose that sarcomeres shorten along the flat and ascending regions of the force-length curve. De- and inactivation of double-joint posterior thigh muscles between heel-off and lift-off coincided with muscle stretch. The reason for inactivation of these muscles is that the negative work that would have been generated had these muscles stayed activated would have hindered propulsion. Contractions preceded by active stretch were not observed. Enhancement of positive work by previous storage of energy in elastic musculotendinous structures is thus not used by cat thigh musculature in jumps starting from the squat. Adductor femoris, semimembranosus anterior, and biceps femoris anterior muscles were activated synergistically as one group yet differently from the synergistic activation of gracilis, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris posterior muscles. The separation of these muscles into two groups based on their activation patterns during jumping is compatible with the classification of these muscles into hip extensor and knee flexor muscle groups, respectively, based on their reflex patterns (37), spinal cord reflex connectivity (18, 30), and firing patterns during locomotion (20).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

scholarly journals Island Posterior Thigh Flap Revisited in Covering Extensive Sacral Wounds: Our Experience with Two Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
F. Nangole Wanjala ◽  
Ajujo Martin
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Donor Site ◽  
Donor Site Morbidity ◽  
Island Flap ◽  
Tissue Loss ◽  
Gluteal Muscle ◽  
Posterior Thigh ◽  
Soft Tissue Loss

Deep sacral wounds are best covered by flaps. Posterior thigh flaps have routinely been used to cover such wounds. The flap can however be modified as an island flap. Two patients with extensive sacral wounds were managed with island posterior thigh flaps. Both patients were admitted secondary to road traffic accident with subsequent soft tissue loss of the sacral area. The sacral defects in both patients were approximately 17 cm by 23 cm in dimensions. Unilateral island posterior thigh flap was raised and used to cover the wounds. Postoperatively both patients did well; the donor site and recipient sites healed without any complications. Island posterior thigh flap is thus an option in covering extensive defects of the sacral area. The flap is reliable and easy to raise and has minimal donor site morbidity. By raising it as an island flap the dog ear defect is avoided and the flap is able to be tunneled under the gluteal muscle. This maneuver enables the flap to be advanced further allowing it to cover more distal and extensive defects.

Manual Therapies for Posterior Thigh Muscles Enhanced Ten-Repetitions Maximum Test Performance and Hip Flexibility in Young Soccer Players

2020 ◽  
pp. 003151252098368
Author(s):  
Estêvão Rios Monteiro ◽  
Andreza Victorino ◽  
Rodrigo Muzzi ◽  
Julio Cesar de Oliveira ◽  
Muniz Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Manual Therapies ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Control Activity ◽  
Posterior Thigh ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
Maximum Test ◽  
Muscle Energy

This study investigated how different manual therapies applied to the posterior thigh muscles affect the ten-repetitions maximum performance test (10 RM) and hip flexion range-of-motion among young soccer players. Seventeen non-professional male soccer players performed the 10RM and range of motion pre-testing, and, in separate laboratory visits, they underwent three different experimental activities presented to each participant in a randomized order: (a) rest control activity with no intervention, (b) manual massage, and (c) muscle energy. Comparing pre-testing performances to repeated tests after each intervention condition, participants increased their maximum load lift on the 10-repeitions maximum test following manual massage and muscle energy interventions ( p < 0.05), but not following the control condition. They also increased their hip range-of-motion on flexibility testing following manual massage and muscle energy ( p < 0.05), but not following the control condition. Thus, both manual massage and muscle energy therapies applied to the posterior thigh were beneficial to performance. This finding has clear implications when preparing athletes for competition.

Localization of immunolabels by electron microscopy and image averaging

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 282-283
Author(s):  
J. Frank ◽  
P.-Y. Sizaret ◽  
A. Verschoor ◽  
J. Lamy
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Attachment Site ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Limulus Polyphemus ◽  
Resolution Limit ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Image Averaging ◽  
Top View ◽  
Better Than

The accuracy with which the attachment site of immunolabels bound to macromolecules may be localized in electron microscopic images can be considerably improved by using single particle averaging. The example studied in this work showed that the accuracy may be better than the resolution limit imposed by negative staining (∽2nm).The structure used for this demonstration was a halfmolecule of Limulus polyphemus (LP) hemocyanin, consisting of 24 subunits grouped into four hexamers. The top view of this structure was previously studied by image averaging and correspondence analysis. It was found to vary according to the flip or flop position of the molecule, and to the stain imbalance between diagonally opposed hexamers (“rocking effect”). These findings have recently been incorporated into a model of the full 8 × 6 molecule.LP hemocyanin contains eight different polypeptides, and antibodies specific for one, LP II, were used. Uranyl acetate was used as stain. A total of 58 molecule images (29 unlabelled, 29 labelled with antl-LPII Fab) showing the top view were digitized in the microdensitometer with a sampling distance of 50μ corresponding to 6.25nm.

280. The Effects of Dilution Ventilation on Concentrations of Formaldehyde and Phenol in a Gross Anatomy Laboratory

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Osborne ◽  
K. Hahn ◽  
D. Butgereit ◽  
D. Englund ◽  
C. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Gross Anatomy ◽  
Anatomy Laboratory

DIE INITIALE VERTEILUNG VON RADIO-C IN DEN ZELLFRAKTIONEN EINIGER RATTENORGANE NACH INJEKTION VON TESTOSTERON-4-14C

1964 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.-O. Mosebach ◽  
W. Dirscherl
Keyword(s):  
Intraperitoneal Injection ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Initial Distribution ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Initial Formation ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Cell Fractions

ABSTRACT The initial distribution of radioactive C was studied in the cell fractions of the liver, kidney, testes and thigh muscles after intraperitoneal injection of testosterone-4-14C into 40 day old male rats. To make this possible, the absolute and specific activity values (μc/mg C) were determined. After both ten and twenty minutes the cytoplasm fractions possessed the highest activity values, the only exception being the specific activity of the liver cytoplasm ten minutes after injection when the microsomes of the liver showed a higher activity. After 20 min the mitochondria possessed the highest specific activity values among the corpuscular fractions. The specific activity values in the microsomes of all four organs studied were lower 20 min after the time of injection than after 10 min, a fact, which is suspected to be the result of the initial formation of conjugates in the microsomes.

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