Stratification of the flexor retinaculum and the course and distribution of the ulnar, median, and palmar digital nerves: An anatomical study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 643-650

  Kawashima, Tomokazu ^a   Sato, Kenji ^b   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexor retinaculum; Median nerve; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIFICATION; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 7244234169     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20028     Document Type: Article

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