Research Article
Pes Anserinus Structural Framework and Constituting Tendons Are Grossly Aberrant in Nigerian Population
Table 3
Mean values for the length and thickness of the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus tendons between specimens.
| Parameters | Total | Males | Females |
| Sartorius tendon | Length (mm) | | | | Left | 53.14 | 53.57 | 51.63 | Right | 52.18 | 50.02 | 59.74 | Left + right | 52.66 | 51.79 | 55.68 | Thickness (mm) | | | | Left | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.03 | Right | 1.43 | 1.59 | 1.39 | Left + right | 1.49 | 1.57 | 1.21 |
| Gracilis tendon | Length (mm) | | | | Left | 120.72 | 118.10 | 129.85 | Right | 111.43 | 109.14 | 119.43 | Left + right | 116.07 | 113.63 | 124.64 | Thickness (mm) | | | | Left | 1.97 | 1.90 | 2.23 | Right | 1.87 | 1.74 | 2.31 | Left + right | 1.92 | 1.82 | 2.27 |
| Semitendinosus tendon | Length (mm) | | | | Left | 133.07 | 131.16 | 139.76 | Right | 130.04 | 127.57 | 138.73 | Left + right | 116.80 | 129.36 | 139.25 | Thickness (mm) | | | | Left | 2.92 | 2.94 | 2.84 | Right | 2.77 | 2.74 | 2.9 | Left + right | 2.66 | 2.84 | 2.87 |
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There was no statistical difference between male and female tendon (sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus) lengths and thicknesses.
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