IJAR.2025.164

Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 13; Issue 3 (August 2025)

Page No.: 9267-9275

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2025.164

Innervation pattern, localization of primary motor branch and motor points of biceps brachii muscle, and its clinical application: A study from Myanmar

Mya Thein Shin *¹, Thida Than ², Bedanta Roy ³, Htar Htar Aung ⁴, Malarvani Thangamany ⁵.

^*1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Spring Hill Campus, Port Dickson, Malaysia. ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1733-0222

² Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, SEGi University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2256-6288

³ Associate Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Quest International University, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-4949

⁴ Associate Professor, School of Medicine, International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-258X

⁵ Head of department, Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Spring Hill Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Mya Thein Shin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Spring Hill Campus, Port Dickson, Malaysia. E-Mail: myatheinshin009@gmail.com

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