Retroscalenic course of the transverse cervical artery with the suprascapular artery travelling through the suprascapular notch

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-82

  Tubbs, R S ^a,d   Shoja, M M ^b   Shokouhi, G ^b   Loukas, M ^c,e   Oakes, W J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c St George's University   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical; Neck; Upper extremity; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL TRANSVERSE ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGAMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; NERVE; SCALENE MUSCLE; SCAPULA; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUPRASCAPULAR ARTERY; SUPRASCAPULAR LIGAMENT; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; SCAPULA; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33947498681     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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