单词 | subcrureus |
释义 | subcrureusn. Anatomy. Now rare. A small muscle located under the vastus intermedius (crureus) muscle, originating from the femur and inserting into the suprapatellar bursa (also more fully subcrureus muscle). In early use also: †any of two or more bands of muscle forming this (obsolete).The preferred name for this muscle is now articularis genu. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of leg gracilis1615 quadriceps1618 peroneus1638 bicepsa1641 gastrocnemius1676 soleus1676 popliteus1688 sartorius1704 peroneus brevis1707 obturator muscle1726 tailor's muscle1728 subcrureus1793 thigh-muscle1899 quad1958 1793 J. Bell Anat. Bones, Muscles, & Joints ii. viii. 354 When these two (Subcruræi) are not found as distinct muscles, some fibres of the cruraeus supply their place. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 470/1 In our dissections of the subcrureus bursa in young subjects, we have more than once observed it communicating freely with the joint. 1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum 83 By the anterior part of the bone [sc. the femur], to the cruræus and subcruræus. 1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 45 The subcrureus muscle found in the lower limb beneath the quadriceps extensor. 1937 Jrnl. Royal Army Med. Corps 69 314 Patients with inco-ordinate, ill-developed or paralysed subcrurei are therefore liable to nipping of the synovial membrane when the leg is thrown forward when walking. 1959 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 49 59/1 No subcrureus (articularis genu) is differentiated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1793 |
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