Unusual Origin of the Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis Muscle

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-533

  Wingerter, S ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Le, S ^a   Shamasunder, S ^a   Bernstein, R ^a   Rabitaille, W ^a   Kukuyeva, Y ^a   Downie, Sherry A ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antebrachial fascia; Digital flexor; Flexor retinaculum; Hand; Hypothenar muscles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI BREVIS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0242362690     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10122     Document Type: Article

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