Fetal development of the human gubernaculum with special reference to the fasciae and muscles around it

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-557

  Niikura, Hitoshi ^a   Okamoto, Satoshi ^a   Nagase, Satoru ^a   Takano, Tadao ^a   Murakami, Gen ^b   Tatsumi, Haruyuki ^c   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwamizawa Kojin kai Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cremaster; Gubernaculum; Human fetology; Iliopubic tract; Inguinal canal

Indexed keywords

APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; FASCIA; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MUSCLES; OVARY; TESTIS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 50949123466     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20675     Document Type: Article

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