Tulane students may have found unknown muscle attachment, study suggests

What began as an unusual observation during a cadaver study has uncovered a possible new variation in human anatomy. Tulane University students may have identified a previously unknown muscle attachment in some humans, after noticing an unusual structure while studying donated cadavers. According to a report by Tulane News, the discovery was made by undergraduate students Cooper Bruce and Dominic Roy in the anatomy lab at the Tulane School of Medicine. Their observation led to a broader investigation involving 200 additional donated specimens. Researchers found that the attachment was present in 28% of the sides examined, suggesting that it represents an anatomical variation rather than a structure found in everyone.An unusual structure inside the pelvisThe structure was found deep inside the pelvis, near the front of the hip.