Anatomy of the abductor cruris caudalis muscle of the domestic cat (Felis catus domesticus, Linnaeus 1758)

Authors

  • Gregório Corrêa Guimarães Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Cirurgia Veterinária, Jaboticabal, SP
  • Márcia Rita Fernandes Machado Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Cirurgia Veterinária, Jaboticabal, SP
  • André Luiz Quagliatto Santos Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Uberlândia, MG
  • Maria Angélica Miglino Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Cirurgia, São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2006.26548

Keywords:

Abductor cruris caudalis, Muscle, Cat

Abstract

The frequency and the morphology of the abductor cruris caudalis muscle were studied in 58 adult unknown breed cats. The sample included 36 females and 22 males. After the dissection, were found a frequency for the presence of the same muscle of 98.3%. The abductor cruris caudalis muscle appears symmetrically in 35 females (97.2%) and 22 males (100.0%). When present, it were originated on the transversal process of the 1st vertebrae caudales, in the glutea region, below the gluteus superficialis muscle, throughing almost all the thigh under biceps femoris muscle, where it make a parallel relation with the sciatic nerve, receiving nervous ramifications of the same in 78.3% of the cases. The medium found for the width and thickness of his muscle venter was respectively of 2.03 mm and 0.35 mm. Its insertion occurs on the biceps femoris muscles approximate to the fascia cruris, where both finish fusing theirselves.

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2006-12-01

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How to Cite

Anatomy of the abductor cruris caudalis muscle of the domestic cat (Felis catus domesticus, Linnaeus 1758). (2006). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 43(6), 723-727. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2006.26548