Pollical oblique ligament in humans and non-human primates

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-407

  Shrewsbury, Marvin ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor superficialis tendon; Oblique ligament; Pollex; Pollical annular pulley; Pollical flexor sheath

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LIGAMENT; MALE; MARMOSET; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL MONKEY; THUMB;

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; HYLOBATES SP.; LEMUR; MARMOSETS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0037621908     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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