Anatomical variant of the lateral pectoral nerve innervating the anterior portion of the deltoid muscle: A case report

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 506-509

  Solomon, Lucian Bogdan ^a   Ravindranath, Neelakanta ^b   Vidic, Branislav ^b   Dym, Martin ^b  

^a LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU   (Romania)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltoid muscle; Innervation; Lateral pectoral nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 0030856831     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199712)249:4<506::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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