A comprehensive study of the extensor tendons to the medical four digits of the hand

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 612-619

  Dass, Prameela ^a   Prabhu, Latha V ^a   Pai, Mangala M ^a   Nayak, Varsha ^b   Kumar, Ganesh ^a   Janardhanan, Jiji P ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SAVEETHA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Extensor digiti minimi; Extensor digitorum brevis manus; Extensor digitorum communis; Extensor indicis; Extensor medii proprius; Juncturae tendinum

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EXTENSOR DIGITI QUINTI PROPIUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM MANUS BREVIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR INDICIS PROPRIUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MEDII PROPIUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR TENDON; FINGER; HUMAN; JUNCTURAE TENDINUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

CADAVER; FINGERS; HUMANS; TENDONS;

EID: 84555190617     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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