Variation of the axillary arch muscle with multiple insertions

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Loukas, M ^a   Noordeh, N ^a   Tubbs, R S ^b   Jordan, R ^a  

^a Department of Anatomical Sciences   (South Africa)

^b Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary arch muscle of langer; Coracoid process; Latissimus dorsi; Pectoralis major muscle; Pectoralis minor muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARCH MUSCLE; AXILLARY VEIN; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SHOULDER;

EID: 63449091869     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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