Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System: Alphabetical Listing of Muscles: C: Cremaster

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System: Alphabetical Listing of Muscles: C

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Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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In females, this muscle is represented by a few fasciculi on the round ligament. It may arise, in part from the transversus abdominis. The muscle may arise from two different sources, transversus abdominis and internal oblique muscles.

Reference
Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy, 12th Ed., The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.

Williams, P.L., Warwick, R., Dyson, M. and L.H. Bannister, Eds. (1989) Gray's Anatomy, 37th ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.

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