Perforatus.
So called because its Tendons are Perforated to admit Those of the following Muscles to pass thorough
Myotomia reformata, or, A new administration of all the muscles of humane bodies wherein the true uses of the muscles are explained, the errors of former anatomists concerning them confuted, and several muscles not hitherto taken notice of described : to which are subjoin'd a graphical description of the bones, and other anatomical observations : illustrated with figures after the life / by William Cowper, Surgeon.
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- Myotomia reformata, or, A new administration of all the muscles of humane bodies wherein the true uses of the muscles are explained, the errors of former anatomists concerning them confuted, and several muscles not hitherto taken notice of described : to which are subjoin'd a graphical description of the bones, and other anatomical observations : illustrated with figures after the life / by William Cowper, Surgeon.
- Author
- Cowper, William, 1666-1709.
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- London :: Printed for Sam. Smith and Ben. Walford,
- 1694.
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- Muscles -- Early works to 1800.
- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"Myotomia reformata, or, A new administration of all the muscles of humane bodies wherein the true uses of the muscles are explained, the errors of former anatomists concerning them confuted, and several muscles not hitherto taken notice of described : to which are subjoin'd a graphical description of the bones, and other anatomical observations : illustrated with figures after the life / by William Cowper, Surgeon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34839.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
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Them to their Insertions; It is also call'd Sublimis from its Situation, be∣ing above the Following; and Flexor secundi Internodii Digitorum from its Use. It Ariseth Tendinous from the Internal Extuberance of the Os Hu∣meri (22) between the Flexores Carpi; it also has a Disgregated Fleshy Ori∣gination from the Fore-part of the Radius, between the Pronator Radii Teres and Flexor Pollicis Magnus, com∣posing a Fleshy Belly lessens it self in less then half its progress, where it's divided into Four Fleshy Portions, each of which soon becomes so many Roundish Tendons, and are included in their proper Mucilaginous Mem∣brane as they pass under the Liga∣mentum Transversale Carpi through the Palm; near the first Internode of the Fingers each Tendon is divided to admit those of the following Muscle to pass through them, then joining, and subdividing again, immediately before they are Inserted to the su∣perior part of the second Bone of each Finger (30.)
This and the following Muscle are Accurately exprest by Bidloo, Tab. 67.
Notes
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Fig. xvii.