Multiple variations involving all the terminal branches of the brachial plexus and the axillary artery - A case report

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Ramachandran, Kalpana ^a   Kanakasabapathy, I ^a   Holla, S J ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Axillary artery; Lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm; Median nerve; Musculocutaneous nerve; Radial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE ROOT; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN NERVE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

EID: 34347209360     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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