Accessory head of flexor pollicis longus muscle in fetuses and adult cadavers and its relation to anterior interosseous nerve

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 601-608

  Kara, Alev ^a   Elvan, Ozlem ^a   Yildiz, Selda ^b   Ozturk, Hakan ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

accessory head of flexor pollicis longus; anterior interosseous nerve; cadaver; fetus; incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; ANTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE SYNDROME; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FETUS; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB;

EID: 84861817596     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21296     Document Type: Article

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