Chondroepitrochlearis muscle, a case report and a suggested revision of the current nomenclature

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-356

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Louis Jr , Robert G ^a   Kwiatkowska, Magdalena ^a,c  

^a American University of the Caribbean   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Axillary arch muscle; Chondroepitrochlearis muscle; Medial epicondyle; Medial pectoral nerve; Pectoralis major muscle

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 31044449623     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0337-4     Document Type: Article

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