panniculus carnosus


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Related to panniculus carnosus: panniculus adiposus, panniculus muscle

panniculus

 [pah-nik´u-lus] (L.)
a layer of membrane.
panniculus adipo´sus the subcutaneous fat; a layer of fat underlying the corium.
panniculus carno´sus a muscular layer in the superficial fascia, well developed in certain animals; represented in humans mainly by the platysma.

pan·nic·u·lus car·no·'sus

the skeletal muscle layer in the superficial fascia represented in humans by the platysma muscle; it is much more extensive in lower mammals.

panniculus carnosus

The thin layer of muscle tissue in the superficial fascia of mammals.
See: platysma myoides
See also: panniculus

panniculus

pl. panniculi [L.] a layer of membrane.
panniculus adiposus
the subcutaneous fat; a layer of fat underlying the corium, well developed in pigs and marine mammals.
panniculus carnosus
a muscular layer in the superficial fascia of most quadripedal mammals; it includes the cutaneous trunci.
panniculus muscle
see panniculus carnosus (above).
panniculus reflex
a quick twitch of the subcutaneous muscle along the back in response to a pinprick in the thoracolumbar area. Absence of the reflex is important in helping to localize the location of a lesion in the spinal cord.
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In lower mammals the panniculus carnosus was very well developed to form the pectoral group of muscles.
AAM seem to be atavistic in nature and attachment to skin proves it to be remnant of panniculus carnosus.
A unique musculocutaneous axillary arch muscle compressing intercostobrachial nerve: a possible remnant of panniculus carnosus?--A case report
Solo en la clase mamiferos se describe este plano muscular, considerablemente desarrollado en algunas especies como los roedores, que se extiende ampliamente sobre el torax, el abdomen y el dorso; capa muscular de ubicacion subcutanea, conocido como Panniculus carnosus (Langworthy, 1924).
Si bien la literatura especializada senala que la frecuencia de aparicion de elementos vestigiales del Panniculus carnosus en la axila es baja -entre 4% y 12% segun Miguel et al.
Este patron de inervacion, proveniente de ramos primarios ventrales de nervios raquideos, tal como ocurre con el Panniculus carnosus de mamiferos inferiores, da soporte a la teoria de que estos fasciculos detectados ocasionalmente en humanos corresponden a remanentes vestigiales en la fosa axilar de aquel extenso plano muscular (Langworthy; Besana-Ciani & Greenall).
Panniculus carnosus, vestigial remanents in the axillary region/Panniculus carnosus, remanentes vestigiales en la region axilar

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