title: Metric features of the iliopsoas muscle in late fetuses and adults.
abstract: Differences in structure of iliopsoas muscle were documented in studies performed on 12 human fetuses, aging 37 to 40 weeks of gestational life and on 20 adult individuals. Results of measurements performed on the muscle were compared between fetuses of the perinatal age and adult individuals. Indirectly, the comparison allowed to draw conclusions as to changes in the muscle structure which take place in between the two developmental stages. The process was monitoring applying the metric techniques of studies and statistical interpretation of the results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznań.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jakubowicz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marecki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D024510:Muscle Development; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development