PREVALENCE OF FIBULARIS TERTIUS MUSCLE IN A SCOTTISH POPULATION: A DISSECTION STUDY

Fibularis tertius (FT) is a muscle of the anterior compartment leg that considered inconstant, whose reported prevalence varies widely among populations. The current work aims to determine FT in Scottish population. Forty-four caucasian cadavers origin (88 lower limbs; 19 females, 25 males; age at death: 81.8 ± 11.2 years), preserved using Thiel soft-fix embalming method were analyzed. absence was observed 5 studied (11.4%). In four male verified unilaterally; one female cadaver bilaterally. Taking into account total number limbs, absent from 6.8% cases, determining 93.2%. There no significant differences presence or when comparing limbs vs (p = 0.614). three whom unilateral verified, an accessory tendon side body observed, all cases with extensor digitorum longus 5th toe. present study confirms, for population, high FT. These findings, conjunction its anatomical characteristics and potential functional importance during gait humans, would lead considering as constant, being variation.