An important Norwegian contribution to the study of the bursae of the upper and lower extremities

Figures & data

Summary of the numbers of bursae mentioned and described in all monographs and official anatomical terminologies discussed

	Albinus	Monro	Rosenmüller	Synnestvedt	B.N.A.	B.R	I.N.A.	P.N.A.	T.A.
	1734	1788	1799	1869	1895	1933	1935	1955	1998
Σ UE	4	33	35	48	21	14	20	15	14
Shoulder	3	9	11	17	8	6	9	9	9
Elbow	1	3	6	16	9	6	8	6	5
Hand	–	– (+21 Vag)	– (+18 Vag)	15	4	2	3	–	–
Σ LE	12	37	39	73	39	30	41	32	30
Hip	5	13	14	21	14	12	14	13	12
Knee	7	9	8	29	15	12	17	14	13
Foot	–	2 (+13 Vag)	1 (+16 Vag)	23	10	6	10	5	5
Total	16	70	74	121	60	46	61	47	44

Figure 1. Andreas Svane Dick Synnestvedt.

Figure 2. Title page of Synnestvedt's monograph.

Figure 3. An example of the bursae in the shoulder region. 3: subscapular bursa; 12: subtendinous bursa of teres major.

Figure 4. b. Index finger: 3: subcutaneous mucous bursa. c. 1–3: metacarpals II–IV; 8: intermetacarpophalangeal bursae.

Figure 5. Depiction of same postgenual bursae. 11: medial subtendinous bursa of gastrocnemius; 13: semimembranoso-gastrocnemial bursa; 18: semimembranous bursa, prolongating in front of and behind the anterior part of semimembranosus.

Figure 6. Sagittal section through the heel region. 2: calcaneal tendon; 3: adipose tissue, covering the superior wall of the bursa; 4: adipose fold, roaming freely in the bursa; 5: retrocalcaneal bursa; 7: subcalcaneal bursa.