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. 2001 Nov;199(Pt 5):547–566. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19950547.x

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

M RODRÍGUEZ-NIEDENFÜHR 1 , T VÁZQUEZ 2 , L NEARN 3 , B FERREIRA 1 , I PARKIN 4 , J R SAÑUDO 1 ,✉
PMCID: PMC1468366  PMID: 11760886

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 artery, radial artery, ulnar artery, median artery, interosseous artery, arterial variations, upper limb

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