The palmaris longus muscle and its relations with the antebrachial fascia and the palmar aponeurosis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Stecco, Carla ^a   Lancerotto, Luca ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Tiengo, Cesare ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   Sanudo, Jose Ramon ^b   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep fascia; Flexor retinaculum; Forearm; Hand; Subcutaneous tissue; Superficial fascia; Tendon

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; PALMAR FASCIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENDON;

AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENDONS;

EID: 64549151686     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20747     Document Type: Article

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