The split flexor digitorum superficialis

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-107

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Loukas, Marios ^c   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flexor digitorum superficialis; Forearm; Median nerve; Muscle; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FINGER; FINGER PHALANX; FOREARM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

ADULT; FINGER PHALANGES; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 48749132903     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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