Rhomboid muscle variations: notes on their naming and classification principles

Albert GRADEV; Lina MALİNOVA; Julide KASABOĞLU; Lazar JELEV

Article Details

Rhomboid muscle variations: notes on their naming and classification principles

Authors:

Albert GRADEV | Lina MALİNOVA | Julide KASABOĞLU | Lazar JELEV

Publisher:

Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Anatomy 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.68-71

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000667897

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

1308-8459

Abstract:

 

In this report we present two cases of rhomboid muscle variations observed during routine anatomical dissections. In the first case, on the left side of an adult male cadaver, a long and slender aberrant muscle was identified starting from the lateral part of the superior nuchal line and inserting to the scapula between the rhomboid minor and levator scapulae. The muscle was identified as the rare rhomboid capitis. In the second case, in an adult female cadaver, a bilateral variation in the origin of the rhomboid major fibers was described. On the left side, the rhomboid major fibers started from spinous processes of C1–C6, while on the right side it was narrower and originating from spinous processes of C1–C3. Reviewing the literature about the rhomboid muscles variations, we conclude that one and the same aberrant structure might be named differently. We also discuss the presentation of the known variations of the rhomboids in a common scheme instead of classification.

Article Details

Rhomboid muscle variations: notes on their naming and classification principles

Authors: Albert GRADEV | Lina MALİNOVA | Julide KASABOĞLU | Lazar JELEV

Publisher: Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: Anatomy 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.68-71

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000667897

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 1308-8459

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Authors:

Albert GRADEV | Lina MALİNOVA | Julide KASABOĞLU | Lazar JELEV

Publisher:

Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Anatomy 2020 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.68-71

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000667897

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

1308-8459