The arterial supply of the long head of biceps tendon: Anatomical study with implications for tendon rupture

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 683-692

  Cheng, Nicholas Mauwei ^a   Pan, Wei Ren ^a   Vally, Fatima ^a   Le Roux, Cara Michelle ^a   Richardson, Martin Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biceps; Hypovascularity; Rupture; Tendon

Indexed keywords

DYE; INDIAN INK; LEAD OXIDE; MILK MIXTURE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTERIOR CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY; ARM; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG HEAD OF BICEPS TENDON; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE TENDON JUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOTENDINOUS JUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TENDON RUPTURE; THORACOACROMIAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77956584480     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20992     Document Type: Article

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