Absence of Scalenus Anterior Muscle

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-161

  Murakami, Shinichiro ^a   Horiuchi, Kanji ^a   Yamamoto, Chugo ^a   Ohtsuka, Aiji ^a   Murakami, Takuro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Scalenus anterior muscle; Scalenus medius muscle; Subclavian artery and vein; Ventral rami of the lower cervical nerves; Ventral ramus of the first thoracic nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR SCALENE MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE TRACT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SYMPTOM; VENTRAL ROOT; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX;

EID: 0242657438     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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