Connections between the tendons of the musculus flexor digitorum profundus involving the synovial sheaths in the carpal tunnel

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-122

  Leijnse, J N A L ^a   Walbeehm, E T ^a   Sonneveld, G J ^a   Hovius, S E R ^a   Kauer, J M G ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Intertendinous connections; Musculus flexor digitorum profundus; Synovial sheaths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM; TENDON; WRIST;

ADULT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS; WRIST;

EID: 0031399157     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000148003     Document Type: Article

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