The incidence of a superficial arterial pattern in the human upper extremities

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-463

  D'Costa, Sujatha ^a   Shenoy, Bhamy Mangala ^a   Narayana, Kilarkaje ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Common interosseous artery; Superficial brachial artery; Superficial radial artery; Superficial ulnar artery; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNA; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIES; DISSECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 10644260348     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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