Contributions to physiological and pathological anatomy : containing the observations made at the Philadelphia anatomical rooms during the session of 1824-25 / by John D. Godman.

  • Godman, John D. (John Davidson), 1794-1830.
Date:
1825
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    gers, and compressing the inter-osseous and other palmar muscles situate beneath it. The plantar aponeurosis bears a very striking resemblance to the fascia lata in its structure, and relation to the muscles, and to the temporal aponeurosis in the manner of giving origin to muscular fibres. It forms three grand divisions, in the first place to embrace the central, external, and internal muscles of the sole, and on the inner surface of the central portion, the flexor brevis digitorum pedis derives a very considerable part of its origin. If the coverings of the scapular muscles were not to be traced continuously with the brachial fascia, we should be disposed to class them with the temporal, plantar, and palmar aponeuroses, as they are in various circumstances analogous to them, being much thickened by successive ad- ditions of tendinous fibres, and because the infra spinatus has a series of modifying muscular fibres arising from the inner surface of the fascia. This attachment of muscular fibres is very dif- ferent from what we observe in the origin of the muscles of the forearm and leg, where a part of the main body of the muscle arises from the fas^ cia; in the case of the temporalis and infra spi* natus it is a layer of fibres distinct from, and ex-