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Anatomy of the proximal anterior upper leg as illustrated in Pernkopf's

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Download scientific diagram | Anatomy of the proximal anterior upper leg as illustrated in Pernkopf's atlas. Figure a: Upper part of the illustration selected by (Yee, Coombs, et al. 2018) (first published in 1941 as figure 188 in volume II of Pernkopf's original German edition). The inlay shows the complete illustration (with an SS symbol in the signature). The fascia lata and the fasciae of the muscles are removed. Two nerves of equal diameter (arrowheads) exit the pelvis and join anterior to the sartorius muscle to form the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (lf). This situation is not to be expected in the average individual -it is a very rare variation. Note how the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve continues as an essentially single nerve stem that gives rise to several small branches. Figure b in the atlas precedes a. In Figure b, the fasciae covering the muscles are still intact except for the slit anterior fascial sheet of the sartorius muscle. Note the missing stem of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, which according to a and the branches plotted there would be expected in the marked area. (Since in this case the original paintings are missing, the scans shown here were made using the Josephinum's collection of proofs or test prints as a substitute; image credit: Medical University of Vienna, MUW-AD-3250-5-336-11-Seite-1 and MUW-AD-3250-5-337-1. from publication: What Should Be Done with Pernkopf’s Anatomical Illustrations? A Commentary from the Medical University of Vienna | Thanks to a recent donation by Elsevier, the Medical University of Vienna now holds in its collections the known existing original paintings for Eduard Pernkopf's Atlas of Topographic and Applied Human Anatomy. This atlas is widely considered a pinnacle of the art of | Illustration, Medicalization and Atlas | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.