Variations in the motor nerve supply of the thenar and hypothenar muscles of the hand

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Ajmani, M L ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intrinsic hand muscles; Median nerve: ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; HAND; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029784039     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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