Communication between median and musculocutaneous nerves in the forearm hooking around the origin of the median artery: a rare variation
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Sneh Agarwal , Anita Tuli , Shashi Raheja
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Variations of the musculocutaneous and median nerves at the level of axilla and arm are well described in the literature. We encountered a rare variation during dissection in undergraduate medical classes. The left arm of a 55-year-old male cadaver showed a communicating nerve arising from the musculocutaneous nerve 10.6 cm above the cubital fossa. This nerve joined the median nerve 4.6 cm distal to the elbow joint in the forearm after winding around a persistent median artery arising from the ulnar artery. Such communication between musculocutaneous and median nerves in the forearm is a very rare finding.
Received: 17 July 2010 / Accepted: 17 February 2011 nJapanese Association of Anatomists 2011
