Fabella prevalence rate increases over 150 years, and rates of other sesamoid bones remain constant: a systematic review

MA Berthaume, E Di Federico, AMJ Bull - Journal of Anatomy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fabella is a sesamoid bone located behind the lateral femoral condyle. It is common in
non‐human mammals, but the prevalence rates in humans vary from 3 to 87%. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] The ethnic and geographical distribution of Fabella: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 34,733 knees

A Asghar, S Naaz, B Chaudhary - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: The primary studies demonstrated that fabellar prevalence (FP) varied with
ethnic and geographical distribution. Osteoarthritis (OA) and age-related degeneration have …

[PDF][PDF] Unilateral two headed plantaris muscle-A rare variation

J Christy, V Sathialakshmi - Int J Anat Var Vol, 2019 - academia.edu
We report a rare variation of unilateral variation of plantaris muscle with two heads. During
the routine cadaveric dissection for Undergraduate teaching we observed in a 45-year-old …

Accessory belly of the plantaris muscle and its clinical relevance

GA Hadimani, I Bagoji - 2018 - digitallibrary.bldedu.ac.in
The plantaris muscle is accessory flexor group muscle of the lower leg. The muscle
originates from the lower part of the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and the oblique …