Université de Fribourg

The interaction between the vastus medialis and vastus intermedius and its influence on the extensor apparatus of the knee joint

Grob, Karl ; Manestar, Mirjana ; Filgueira, Luis ; Kuster, Markus S. ; Gilbey, Helen ; Ackland, Timothy

In: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2017, p. 1–12

Although the vastus medialis (VM) is closely associated with the vastus intermedius (VI), there is a lack of data regarding their functional relationship. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anatomical interaction between the VM and VI with regard to their origins, insertions, innervation and function within the extensor apparatus of the knee joint.Methods: Eighteen human...

Université de Fribourg

A newly discovered muscle: The tensor of the vastus intermedius

Grob, Karl ; Ackland, T. ; Kuster, M.S. ; Manestar, M. ; Filgueira, Luis

In: Clinical Anatomy, 2016, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 256–263

The quadriceps femoris is traditionally described as a muscle group composed of the rectus femoris and the three vasti. However, clinical experience and investigations of anatomical specimens are not consistent with the textbook description. We have found a second tensor-like muscle between the vastus lateralis (VL) and the vastus intermedius (VI), hereafter named the tensor VI (TVI). The aim of...

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

Rhinocerotidae (mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria

Geraads, Denis ; Spassov, Nikolaï

In: Palaeontographica : Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit. Abt. A, Palaeozoologie, Stratigraphie, 2009, vol. 287, p. 99-122

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

A formal mammalian biostratigraphy for the Late Pleistocene of Britain

Currant, Andrew ; Jacobi, Roger

In: Quaternary science reviews : the international multidisciplinary research and review journal, 2001, vol. 20, p. 1707-1716