- 著者
- Junji ITO Hiroshi MORIYAMA Seiichiro INOKUCHI Noboru GOTO
- 出版者
- オカジマ・フォリア・アナトミカ・ヤポニカ編集部
- 雑誌
- Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica (ISSN:0030154X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.80, no.2.3, pp.47-56, 2003 (Released:2008-01-18)
- 参考文献数
- 11
- 被引用文献数
- 13 30
Morphological study of the lower limb muscles is necessary for the analysis ofmuscle function and its relation to the aging process. In this study, we measured the muscle weight and the muscle fiber morphometry (cross-sectional area and total number of muscle fibers at the muscular belly, and muscle fiber size) of the human lower limb in an adult Japanese cadaver (male, 58 years old). The results presented here can provide the normal control data to elucidate the aging process of the human lower limb muscles. The morphological features in the human lower limb muscles were the pronounced enlargement of the gluteus maximus in the hip, the vasti muscles in the thigh and the soleus in the leg.
- 著者
- Junji ITO
- 出版者
- Editorial Board of Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica
- 雑誌
- Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica (ISSN:0030154X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.73, no.5, pp.247-251, 1996-12-20 (Released:2012-09-24)
- 参考文献数
- 15
- 被引用文献数
- 8 11
Summary: Morphological study of the muscles of the lower extremity is necessary for the analysis of the muscular function and its relation with locomotion. In this study, the muscle weight of the lower extremities from 11 adult Japanese cadavers (6 males and 5 females, aged from 50 to 91 years old) were measured. The morphological characteristic of the human lower extremity is discussed based on the relative muscular weight. The largest muscles were the gluteus maximus (the extensor at the hip joint), the vasti muscles (the extensor at the knee joint) and the soleus (the plantarflexor at the ankle joint). These results reveal that the muscles acting on one joint are developed in the human lower extremity and that these muscles have important roles in human locomotion.