The prevalence of accessory heads of the flexor pollicis longus and the flexor digitorum profundus muscles in Egyptians and their relations to the median and anterior interosseous nerves

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-71

  El Domiaty, M A ^a   Zoair, M M ^a   Sheta, A A ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome; Entrapment neuropathy of the median nerve; Gantzer's muscles

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEUS NERVE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FOREARM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CADAVER; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISSECTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; TENDONS; THUMB; WRIST;

EID: 40949153046     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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