Gross anatomical description of the extrinsic and intrinsic scapular and brachial muscles of Sapajus apella (Linnaeus, 1758).
J Med Primatol
; 52(1): 3-16, 2023 02.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The robust brown capuchin monkey (Sapajus apella) is a South American primate with preferences for arboreal locomotion, which requires specific thoracic limb muscle adaptations. The present investigation studied the gross anatomy of the extrinsic and intrinsic scapular and brachial muscles.METHODS:
Gross dissections were performed in both thoracic limbs of four formaldehyde-fixed specimens.RESULTS:
Three rhomboideus muscles were present (capitis, cervicis, and thoracis). The trapezius muscle was divided into two parts (cervicis and thoracis). The pectoralis abdominalis and omotransversarius muscles were present. The anconeus muscle was found as an individual muscle or fused to the caput mediale of the triceps brachii muscle. The brachialis muscle had among one and two heads. The anconeus epitrochlearis was absent.CONCLUSION:
These muscles of Sapajus apella are adapted for arboreal locomotion and some terrestrial habits, since these have many similarities with other primates with a similar locomotor patterns.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Músculo Esquelético
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Sapajus apella
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Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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