Unusual insertion of the coracobrachialis muscle to the brachial fascia associated with high division of brachial artery

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 672-676

  Ray, Bappaditya ^a   Rai, Anju Lata ^a   Roy, T S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Upper arm muscle; Variant coracobrachialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLE; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCAPULA; ULNAR ARTERY;

ARM; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; FASCIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 7244221433     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20024     Document Type: Article

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