Introducing a supernumerary muscle in the anterior compartment of the hand: A cadaveric study

• Abdolreza Babaee ^[2] ; Massood Ezzatabadipour ^[2] ; Alireza Saied ^[1]
  1. [1] Kerman University of Medical Sciences

     Kerman University of Medical Sciences

     Irán

     
  2. [2] Department of Anatomical Sciences, Afzalipour School of medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman, Iran
• Localización: European Journal of anatomy, ISSN-e 1136-4890, Vol. 24, Nº. 4, 2020, págs. 277-280
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Many muscular variations of the upper extremity have been reported. The majority of these varia-tions are associated with forearm muscles. Howev-er, the muscular variations of the hand are uncom-mon. In the current study we found a unique su-pernumerary muscle in the right hand of a middle-aged male cadaver. This muscle originated from the one of the tendons of flexor digitorum superfi-cialis (FDS) muscle that goes to the index finger and then traversed 5 cm distally to attach the same tendon. The knowledge of muscular varia-tions is very essential for surgeons and clinicians to plan the standard surgical approaches.