Gantzer muscle. An anatomical study.

Incidence and morphology of the accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus muscle (Gantzer`s muscle) in a Turkish population.

OBJECTIVE To present the incidence, morphology, and the relationships of the accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus (Gantzer`s) muscle (AHFPL) in a recent Turkish population. METHODS The study was performed on 52 upper extremities of 26 adult Turkish cadavers in the Department of Anatomy, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey in 2005. In our dissections, the prevalence and a...

Bilateral accessory flexor muscle of the forearm giving rise to a variant head of the first lumbrical

Introduction Accessory flexor muscles in the forearm were first reported by Gantzer in 1813 [1]. These small accessory muscles typically arise from the medial arm and forearm [2] and the deep surface of the flexor digitorum superficialis [3]. Gantzer muscles insert via thin tendons into the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus, digitorum superficialis, or flexor digitorum profundus [2–4]. Here,...

An Anatomical Variation of Extensor Indicis Muscle: A Case Report

The extensor indicis is a narrow, elongated skeletal muscle in the deep layer of the dorsal forearm that originates from the one third of the distal posterior surface of the shaft of ulna below the origin of the extensor pollicis longos and interosseous membrane. It runs through the fourth tendon compartment with the extensor digitorum under the extensor retinaculum. The extensor indicis joins ...

Gantzer Benoît Gassilloud , Louis Schwartzbrod and Christophe Infectious Risk ? Water : a Sufficient Condition To Assume Presence of Viral Genomes

Gantzer of flexor pollicis longus – a culprit in Kiloh-Nevin syndrome

Introduction Muscle anatomic variants are commonly encountered as serendipitous findings during surgery or routine dissections in medical schools. These variants may consist of absence of a muscle, supernumerary muscles, deviation from the normal course, or an unusual origin or insertion. While most such findings help adding to a compendium of variations for future academic dialogue, a mass eff...