Levator glandulae thyroideae muscle with three slips

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-276

  Loukas, Marios ^a,c   Merbs, William ^a,b   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Curry, Brian ^a   Jordan, Robert ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b Spectrum Hospital   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ansa cervicalis; Cricoid ligament; Cricothyroidectomy; Levator glandulae thyroidae; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; NECK MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 60749094786     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073x.2007.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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