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Correspondence Case report: accessory head of the deep forearm flexors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1997

M. JONES ,
P. H. ABRAHAMS  and
J. R. SAÑUDO
M. JONES
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK
P. H. ABRAHAMS
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK
J. R. SAÑUDO
Affiliation:
Departmento de Ciencías Morfológicas, Unidad de Anatomia y Embriologia, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. 08193-Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

In 1813 Gantzer described 2 accessory muscles in the human forearm which bear his name (Wood, 1868; Macalister, 1875) and these have subsequently been reported with variable attachments (Wood, 1868; Macalister, 1875; Turner, 1879; Schäfer & Thane, 1894; Le Double, 1897; Dykes & Anson, 1944; Mangini, 1960; Malhotra et al. 1982; Kida, 1988; Tountas & Bergman, 1993). The accessory heads of the deep flexors of the forearm (Gantzer's muscles) have been described as 2 different small bellies which insert either into FPL or FDP. There are no previous reports which have mentioned the existence of an accessory muscle which inserts into both of the 2 deep flexors of the forearm as in the case presented here.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 191 , Issue 2 , August 1997 , pp. 313 - 314
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1997

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