Morphometric studies of the muscular branch of the median nerve

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 445-449

  Olave, E ^a,b   Prates, J C ^b   Gabrielli, C ^b   Pardi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Peripheral nervous system; Thenar muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR; TOPOGRAPHY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0029950402     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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