Prevalence and types of accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones of the feet of adult Southern Nigerians

Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-27

  Udoaka, A I ^a   Didia, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hallux; Metatarsophalangeal; Os perineum; Os trigonum; Os vesalianum; Sesamoids

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY OSSICLES; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONES OF THE LEG AND FOOT; FEMALE; FIBULA; HALLUX; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NIGERIA; OS TRIGONUM; OS VESALIANUM; PREVALENCE; SESAMOID BONE; TENDON; TIBIA;

EID: 84878343667     PISSN: 18159346     EISSN: 19936095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmsci.2013.25.27     Document Type: Article

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