Transverse humeral ligament: Does it exist?

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 663-667

  MacDonald, K J ^a,c   Bridger, J ^a   Cash, C ^b   Parkin, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biceps; Humerus; Ligament; Pectoral muscles; Subscapularis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; HYPOTHESIS; LIGAMENT; NERVE FIBER; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TENDON; TRANSVERSE HUMERAL LIGAMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SAMPLE SIZE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 34548502018     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20459     Document Type: Article

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