UNDERSTANDING THE ‘PESHI’ ON THE BASIS OF LITERARY AND CADAVERIC STUDY: A REVIEW ARTICLE
Dr. Vikash*, Dr. Sakshi and Dr. Subhash Upadhyay
ABSTRACT
The concept of Snayu and Peshi is in controversy. Most of scholars consider Peshi as a muscle and Snayu as ligament, tendon, sphincter, aponerosis etc. Some consider Peshi as fascia, intermuscular septum etc and Snayu as muscle. Hence to understand about concept of Peshi, it becomes necessary for a scholar to understand what actually Peshi means. For this purpose literature and cadaveric study was done. Most of people consider Peshi as Muscle. The reason may be Peshi covers Sira, Snayu, Asthi etc. If we consider Peshi as Muscle. The reason may be Pesshi covers Sira, Snayu, Asthi etc. If we consider it as the covering to all the structures then it indicates muscle, which most of the experts might have considered. But if we consider it as individual covering then Peshi may be fascia, intermuscular septum, adventia of artery and vein, epineurium of nerve, periosteum, fibrous capsule etc. when we conduct region wise dissection, the number of muscles and tendons are fairly similar to number of Snayu than the Peshi.
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