A Unilateral Rectus Sternalis: An Important Variant in the Thoracic Region
A Unilateral Rectus Sternalis
Keywords:
Anatomy dissection , rectus sternalis , UnilateralAbstract
During a routine dissection in the Anatomy dissection hall, a unilateral muscle was observed on the left thoracic wall present superficial to pectoralis major muscle. The name of this muscle was Rectus Sternalis muscle and the history of the development of the rectus sternalis muscle provided with interesting explanations by different authors and even in the Anatomy textbooks. Since this muscle was found for the first time in five years by dissecting 70 cadavers, it is considered as a very rare anomaly. The description of rectus sternalis muscle might provide useful details for clinicians exploring the pectoral region.
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2. Kida,M.Y., Izumi,A. and Tanaka,S. : Sternalis muscle : Topics for dabate. Clin. Anat. 2000; 13 : 138 – 140.
3. Motabagani,M.A., Sonalla,A., Abdel-Meguid, E. and Bakheit, M.A. : Morphological study of the uncommon rectus sterni muscle in German cadavers. East African Medical Journal. 2004; 81(3); 130 – 133.
4. Jones Wood F – Buchanan’s manual of Anatomy. 8th edition. London. Bailliere, Tindall and cox. Henrietta St., 1953 : 397.
5. Sadler T W. – Langman’s Medical Embryology. 9th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 : 202 – 203.
6. Williams S P L : Gray’s Anatomy. 38th edition. Churchill livingstone, 1995 : 838.
7. Sarikcioglu L, Demirel B M, Oguz N, & Ucar Y. : Three sternalis muscles associated with abnormal attachments of the pectoralis major muscle. International journal of experimental and clinical Anatomy. 2008. 67 – 71.
8. Saeed M, Murshid K, Rufai A, EL – Sayed S, and Sadig. : M. Sternalis : An anatomic variant of chest wall musculature. Saudi Med. Journal. 2002; 23 : 1214 – 1221.
9. Folan – Curran J, O’Neill M N. : Case report : bilateral sternalis muscles with a bilateral pectoralis major anomaly. Journal of Anatomy. 1998; 193 : 289 – 92.
10. Kulkarni D U. & Kulkarni U K. : Unilateral Rectus sternalis muscle – A case report. Al Ameen Journal of Medical Science; 2010, 3(2) : 169 – 171.
11. Barlow R N : The sternalis muscle in American whites and Negroes. Anatomical Record. 1935 : 64 : 413 – 26.
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2017-12-14
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M M, D. P., & T C, D. S. (2017). A Unilateral Rectus Sternalis: An Important Variant in the Thoracic Region: A Unilateral Rectus Sternalis. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 2(2), 56–58. Retrieved from http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/160
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