The deep axillary artery

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Honma, Satoru ^a   Kawai, Katsushi ^a   Koizumi, Masahiro ^a   Tokiyoshi, Akinari ^a   Kodama, Kodo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary artery; Brachial plexus; Muscular branch; Radial nerve; Subscapular artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; SUBSCAPULAR ARTERY; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644885286     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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