When considering anatomy education specifically, students must learn form, function, and movement of various bones, muscles, muscle tendons, ligaments, and joints within the body. Historically, cadaver dissection is believed to be the most optimal method of study, but it is not always accessible. ...
57,60,105 When the head is turned to one side, the fore and rear limbs on the side toward which the head is turned will extend, and the opposite limbs will flex (Fig. 9-2).27,60 Figure 9-2 The Magnus reflex results in (1) extension of limbs on the side to which the head is...
A detailed study of the gross anatomy of the M. extensor digitorum longus in the dog was carried out in 12 individual dissections of fresh limbs of euthanatised animals. The description of this muscle indicates that current text descriptions of its organization are incomplete.S....