TY  - JOUR
A1  - ,  
T1  - Two anatomical variations associated with potential vascular entrapment in the upper limb
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 7
SP  - 97
EP  - 100
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=03020097
KW  - adult
KW  - anatomical variation
KW  - anterior interosseous artery
KW  - arm
KW  - arm blood vessel
KW  - arm blood vessel entrapment
KW  - arm muscle
KW  - artery
KW  - article
KW  - blood vessel occlusion
KW  - brachial artery
KW  - carpal canal
KW  - clinical medicine
KW  - common interosseous artery
KW  - cubital fossa
KW  - digital artery
KW  - dissection
KW  - elbow
KW  - embryology
KW  - human
KW  - human tissue
KW  - humerus
KW  - male
KW  - median artery
KW  - median nerve
KW  - normal human
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - pronator teres muscle
KW  - radial artery
KW  - superficial palmar arch
KW  - supracondylar process
KW  - ulnar artery
KW  - wrist
N2  - During routine dissection of the right upper limb of a South Indian male, aged 56, at this department, a supracondylar process was found, from which a fibrous arch extended to the medial intermuscular septum. A triple-headed pronator teres muscle arose by a narrow head from a supracondylar process, a bulky head from a fibrous arch, the medial intermuscular septum, and the medial supracondylar ridge of the humerus, and the other head from the coronoid process of the ulna. The brachial artery and median nerve crossed behind the supracondylar process and fibrous arch, enclosed in a supratrochlear foramen, reached the front of the elbow, and passed through the pronator teres between its bulky and coronoid heads. The cubital fossa was absent. The brachial artery divided into the radial, common interosseous, and ulnar arteries. The median artery was enlarged, arose from the anterior interosseous artery, and passed through the carpal tunnel. The superficial palmar arch was incomplete. Digital arteries from the ulnar artery supplied the medial three and a half fingers and those from the median artery supplied the lateral one and a half fingers. A phylogenetic, clinical and embryological interest of the anatomical variations in the case is presented.
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