2021
DOI: 10.15406/mojap.2021.08.00316
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Unilateral sternal muscle in an adult melanodermic cadaver

Abstract: The sternal muscle, also known as sternalis, rectussternal, parasternal or japonicus is a curious case of anatomical variation of the anterior chest wall. During a routine dissection, a muscle mass related to the sternum was found in the anterior wall of the right hemithorax in a melanodermic female cadaver. The literature, its incidence is mentioned to vary from 3.1 to 23.5%, and little is known about its function with divergences regarding its origin, insertion, innervation and vascularization. Clinically, s… Show more

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