Distal attachment of the brachialis muscle: Anatomic and MRI study in cadavers

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 468-472

  Sanal, Hatice Tuba ^a,b   Chen, Lina ^a   Negrao, Pedro ^c   Haghighi, Parviz ^a   Trudell, Debra J ^a   Resnick, Donald L ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brachialis muscle; Distal attachment; Insertion; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; ELBOW; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAPSULE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TISSUE SECTION; ULNA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 59349087745     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1150     Document Type: Article

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