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gave a detailed listing of muscle variations. These included the absence of muscles; muscles that were doubled; muscles that were divided into two or more parts; an increase or decrease in the origin or insertion of the muscle; and the joining to adjacent organs.
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features different from those that are typically described in the majority of individuals. Anatomical variations are categorized into three types including morphometric (size or shape), consistency (present or absent), and spatial
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Variations are seen as normal in the sense that they are found consistently among different individuals, are mostly without symptoms, and are termed anatomical variations rather than abnormalities.
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A very early paper published in 1898, presented anatomic variations to have a wide range and significance, and before the use of
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but sometimes there are six, and sometimes there are four.
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technology, anatomic variations were mostly only found on
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Some variations are found in different species such as
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Index

Anatomic variation
morphological
proximal
distal
genetics
populations
organs
muscles
X-ray
cadaver
imaging
polydactyly
List of anatomical variations
Kopsch
palmaris longus muscle
plantaris muscle
sternalis muscle
pectoralis major
mammogram
lumbar vertebrae
discoid meniscus
lateral meniscus
knee joint
lungs
Accessory
avulsion fractures
Supernumerary body part
Visible difference
"Evidence-Based Anatomy"
doi

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