Three-dimensional study of pectoralis major muscle and tendon architecture

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-508

  Fung, Lillia ^a   Wong, Brian ^a   Ravichandiran, Kajeandra ^a   Agur, Anne ^a   Rindlisbacher, Tim ^b   Elmaraghy, Amr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D computer modeling; Fiber bundle length; Muscle volume; Pennation angles; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; STERNUM; TENDONS;

EID: 66249109288     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20784     Document Type: Article

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