Tulane students discover previously unknown hip muscle

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 18:38 · Archive

Two 19-year-old Tulane University sophomores discovered a previously unidentified muscle in the hip during a cadaver lab session.

Two 19-year-old Tulane University sophomores, Dominic Roy and Cooper Bruce, discovered a previously unidentified muscle in the hip whilst dissecting cadaver specimens in 2024. The students were volunteering in the cadaver lab under the guidance of R. Shane Tubbs, professor of neurosurgery and director of surgical anatomy at Tulane School of Medicine, when Roy spotted the previously unknown anatomical feature.

The students were examining specimens' hips to compare where the iliacus joins the psoas major, a muscle that runs from the lower back through the pelvis to the upper thigh. Roy found a muscle on the opposite side of the Iliac fascia, close to the inguinal region of the pelvis, that differed from the iliocapsularis muscle they were studying. When asked to identify it, Tubbs was unable to do so, prompting the team to search through extensive literature and textbooks.

After finding no previous record of the muscle being identified, the team concluded it was a new discovery. Physicians from overseas and rising medical school students assisted with the discovery. The findings were recently published in the journal Clinical Anatomy.

How it is being reported

• College students discover new muscle attachment that could improve hip surgeryTwo undergraduate students at Tulane University in New Orleans discovered an anatomical feature that even their professor couldn’t initially identify.New York Post · 5 Nov, 18:18
• College students discover new muscle attachment that could improve hip surgeryTwo Tulane University sophomores found a previously unknown muscle in the hip during a cadaver lab session that even their professor couldn't identify.Fox News · 5 Nov, 11:00

In this story: Dominic Roy · Cooper Bruce · R. Shane Tubbs · Tulane University · New Orleans

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