Three-headed biceps brachii muscle associated with duplicated musculocutaneous nerve

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 376-379

  Abu Hijleh, Marwan F ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Anatomical variations; Biceps brachii; Musculocutaneous nerve; Neuro muscular anomalies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS DUPLICATION; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; TENDON; THREE HEADED BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; ARM; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE;

EID: 21344469918     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20100     Document Type: Article

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