Occurrence and fate of palmar type of median artery

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 484-487

  D'Costa, Sujatha ^a   Narayana, Kilarkaje ^b   Narayan, Prashanthi ^a   Jiji, ^a   Nayak, Soubhagya R ^a   Madhan, S J ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Antebrachial type; Common interosseous artery; Median artery; Palmar type; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDIAN ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

ARTERIES; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE;

EID: 33744910123     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03758.x     Document Type: Article

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