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Anatomical variations of the deep head of Cruveilhier of the flexor pollicis brevis and its significance for the evolution of the precision grip

Cruveilhier described in 1834 the human flexor pollicis brevis (FPB), a muscle of the thenar compartment, as having a superficial and a deep head, respectively, inserted onto the radial and ulnar sesamoids of the thumb. Since then, Cruveilhier’s deep head has been controversially discussed. Often th...

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Autores principales: Dunlap, Samuel S., Aziz, M. Ashraf, Ziermann, Janine M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29121048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187402