Unilateral Occurrence of a Chondroepitrochlearis Muscle

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-275

  Sarikcioglu, Levent ^a   Yildirim, Fatos Belgin ^a   Chiba, Shoji ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondroepitrochlearis muscle; Medial pectoral nerve; Tendon twist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARM; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

EID: 1842628593     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10179     Document Type: Article

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