Report of a Rare Human Variation: The Superficial Ulnar Artery Arising from the Axillary Artery

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Kopuz, Cem ^b,c   Yildiz, Zeki ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axillary artery; Brachial artery; Superficial ulnar artery; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CADAVER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; AXILLA; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR ARTERY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033210338     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.76.4_187     Document Type: Article

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