Muscle Variations and Abnormal Branching and Course of the Ulnar Nerve in the Forearm and Hand

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-66

  Bozkurt, M Cem ^a,c   Tagil, S M ^b   Ersoy, M ^a   Tekdemir, I ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abductor digiti minimi; Palmaris longus; Ulnar nerve; Variation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ACCESSORY MUSCLE; ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE; PALMAR DIGITAL NERVE; PALMARIS LONGUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0347595401     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10094     Document Type: Article

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