A CASE IN WHICH A BRANCH FROM THE SUPERIOR GLUTEAL NERVE INNERVATED THE RECTUS FEMORIS AND THE VASTUS LATERALIS

Authors
AKITA K SAKAMOTO H SATO T
Citation
K. Akita et al., A CASE IN WHICH A BRANCH FROM THE SUPERIOR GLUTEAL NERVE INNERVATED THE RECTUS FEMORIS AND THE VASTUS LATERALIS, Annals of anatomy, 176(2), 1994, pp. 181-183
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Annals of anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09409602
Volume
176
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
181 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0940-9602(1994)176:2<181:ACIWAB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
During dissection of the gluteal region, a branch from the most crania l root of the superior gluteal nerve was found to innervate the rectus femoris and the vastus lateralis on the right side of a 41-year-old J apanese male cadaver. This case is an example of Eisler's so-called '' competition for innervation areas'' (Eisler 1895).