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Variations of the arterial pattern in the upper limb revisited: a morphological and statistical study, with a review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2001

M. RODRÍGUEZ-NIEDENFÜHR ,
T. VÁZQUEZ ,
L. NEARN ,
B. FERREIRA ,
I. PARKIN  and
J. R. SAÑUDO
M. RODRÍGUEZ-NIEDENFÜHR
Affiliation:
Unit of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona
T. VÁZQUEZ
Affiliation:
Department of Morphological Sciences I, School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
L. NEARN
Affiliation:
The Program in Gross Anatomy, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Cornell University, USA
B. FERREIRA
Affiliation:
Unit of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona
I. PARKIN
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK
J. R. SAÑUDO
Affiliation:
Unit of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Abstract

A total of 192 embalmed cadavers were examined in order to present a detailed study of arterial variations in the upper limb and a meta-analysis of them. The variable terminology previously used was unified into a homogenous and complete classification, with 12 categories covering all the previously reported variant patterns of the arm and forearm.

Keywords

Brachial arteryradial arteryulnar arterymedian arteryinterosseous arteryarterial variationsupper limb
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 199 , Issue 5 , November 2001 , pp. 547 - 566
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2001

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