The Study of Intramuscular Nerve Distribution Patterns and Relative Spindle Abundance of the Thenar and Hypothenar Muscles in Human Hand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Xie, Peng ^a   Jiang, Yanjun ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^b   Yang, Shengbo ^a  

^a ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI; ADDUCTOR POLLICIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR POLLICIS BREVIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THENAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84870893313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051538     Document Type: Article

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