On the myology of the terrestrial carnivora. Pt. I. Muscles of the head, neck, and fore-limb / by B.C.A. Windle and F.G. Parsons.

  • Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
Date:
1897
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Credit: On the myology of the terrestrial carnivora. Pt. I. Muscles of the head, neck, and fore-limb / by B.C.A. Windle and F.G. Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ON THE [Apr. 0, medius. Among the Mustelid® the muscle is very constant, being inserted into the first and second digits in Galictis vittala-(dS), Mustela putorius (65), M.foina (66), Idonyx zorilla (69), /, libyca (70), Meles (71), Lutra vulgaris (74, 76), and L. cinerea (78). In Haughton's specimen of L. vulgaris (79) the insertion was into tlie second and third digits. Muscles of the Hand. Flexor brevis digitorum manus.—When this muscle is present in the Carnivora it rises from the annular ligament, pisiform bone, and palmar fascia, and occasionally from the lower part of the palmaris longus tendon. It is inserted into the vaginal sheath of the minimus, or, if it is more fully developed, forms the flexor perforatus of that digit. Among the Felidae the muscle was Fig. 10. Manus of Herpestes griseus, showing single fl. hr. dig. nianvis. present in F. leo (1 a), and apparently in Macalister’s specimens of Felis leo (1) and F.pardus (4), though in these it went to the fourth and fifth digits. In the Yiverrid® it was present and formed the flexor perforatus tendon to the minimus in Viverra civetta (12), Herpestes (24) (see fig. 10), and Qeneita (17). In V. civetta (14) and Oenetta (18) it ended in the vaginal sheath, and, in the latter animal, went to the fourth and fifth digits (see fig. 9, p. 396). Among the Hyaenidse it was present in Hycena crocuta (29), but not in H. striata (26,28). We have no records of it among the Canidffi or Ursidffi, and it was certainly absent in our specimen of Canis familiaris (31). In the ProcvonidsB it seems very constant; it is present in Procyon lotor [36]
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