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In February, 2017, while doing the routine dissection inside the abdomen of a 70 year old male cadaver, in the department of anatomy, North Bengal Medical College, West Bengal, several variations were found in the arterial supply of the abdominal viscera and branches of lumbar plexus. There were double right colic artery (emerging from the superior mesenteric artery). An accessory renal artery reached the lower pole of the right kidney after emerging from the abdominal aorta from its right side and there were double renal veins in the same kidney. Moreover, the genitofemoral nerve on the left side divided into genital and femoral branches in the upper one-third of the psoas major muscle and on the right side, common trunk (the ventral ramus of L1) emerged through the psoas major muscle to bifurcate into the iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerves. This case report will enhance our knowledge in gross anatomy and will be of help for surgical, radiological or other clinical interventions in abdomen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction : This study is an effort to determine the accurate morphomateric data pertaining to the Anterior and Posterior cruciate ligaments in relation to the native eastern Indian population. Aims And Objectives : To study the following parameters of Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments of the knee joint : Length and Width of Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments at their middle 3rd as well as the extent of their variation. Methods & Materials : The study was carried out in the Department of Anatomy of our institute in cadavers donated to the department during a period of one year. Subjects having no obvious macroscopic deformities of their knee joints and ages ranging between 30 years to 60 years of both sexes were only chosen. 50 knee joints belonging to 25 cadavers matching the above criteria were dissected for the study. Result &Analysis : The mean length of the ACL of left side was recorded to be 20.02mm and the mean width of the ACL in its middle third was recorded to be 6.54mm. The mean length of the ACL for the right side was found to be 20.06mm and mean width of the ACL in its middle third on the right side was found to be 6.23mm. The mean length and width of the PCL in left side, in the present study were recorded to be 20.10mm and 6.22mm respectively. For the right side, the mean length and width (middle third) of the PCL were found to be 20.08mm and 5.90mm respectively. Conclusion : This study will provide valuable information to the orthopaedicians from which they can choose the exact sized grafts for cruciate ligament reconstruction, which is the preferred mode of treatment for injuries to the cruciate ligaments, now a days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]