Observation of the relationship between the shape of skeletal muscles and their nerve distribution patterns: A transparent and microanatomic study


Peker T. V., Gulekon N., Turgut H., Anil A., Karakose M., Mungan T., ...More

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, vol.117, no.1, pp.165-176, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background: There are many gaps in the understanding of the neuroanatomy of skeletal muscles with regards to the nerve distribution pattern and shape Of the muscles. This study was designed to examine the entire intramuscular nerve-distribution patterns of various human skeletal muscles.