An accessory branch of musculocutaneous nerve joining median nerve

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-15

  Kocabiyik, Necdet ^a   Yalcin, Bulent ^a   Yazar, Fatih ^a   Ozan, Hasan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Communicating branch; Coracobrachialis muscle; Median nerve; Musculocutaneous nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; CADAVER; CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPATHY; PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 32044436923     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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