External oblique abdominal muscle: A new look on its blood supply and innervation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 388-395

  Schlenz, Ingrid ^a   Burggasser, Georg ^b   Kuzbari, Rafic ^a   Eichberger, Helmut ^c   Gruber, Helmut ^c   Holle, Jurgen ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood supply; External oblique abdominal muscle; Human gross anatomy; Innervation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; SPINAL NERVES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0033179088     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990801)255:4<388::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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