Additional flexor muscles of the forearm: Case report and clinical significance

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Nayak, Soubhagya R ^a   Ramanathan, L ^a   Prabhu, L V ^a   Raju, S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Additional flexor muscles; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Flexor digitorum profundus; Gantzer's muscle; Lumbrical muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS; FOREARM; GANTZER MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBRICAL MUSCLE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 34748835216     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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