pes anserinus


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pes an·se·ri·'nus

1. Synonym(s): parotid plexus of facial nerve
2. the combined tendinous expansions of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus muscles at the medial border of the tuberosity of the tibia.

pes an·se·ri·nus

(pes an-sĕr-ī'nŭs)
1. Synonym(s): intraparotid plexus of facial nerve.
2. The combined tendinous expansions of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus muscles at the medial border of the tuberosity of the tibia.
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PES ANSERINUS

pes anserinus

1. The network of branches of the facial nerve as it passes through the parotid gland
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PES ANSERINUS
2. The combined tendinous expansions of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus muscles at the medial border of the tibial tuberosity. See: illustration
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The SM, in Baptista Netto's (1944) description, shows fixation in the anterior superior iliac spine in the medial side of the tibia tuberosity, through an aponeurotic expansion that together with the gracilis and semitendinous muscles form the pes anserinus (bursa anserinus), not existing any kind of union between them.
The union between gracilis and sartorius muscles in Leontopithecus: Morphofunctional analysis / La Union entre los musculos gracil y sartorio en Leontopithecus: Analisis morfofuncional
Pes anserinus tendinobursitis: what are we talking about?
Case report 348: pigmented villonodular synovitis arising from bursa of the pes anserinus muscle, with secondary involvement of the tibia.
Pes anserine bursitis: an extra-articular manifestation of gout

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