The human digastric muscle: Patterns and variations with clinical and surgical correlations

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 471-479

  De Ary Pires, B ^a   Ary Pires, R ^a   Pires Neto, M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomical variants; Hyoid; Neck; Skeletal muscle; Suprahyoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGASTRIC MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NECK MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON;

EID: 0142094007     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80110-3     Document Type: Article

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