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Type of Article : Case Report

Year: 2014 | Volume 2 | Issue 4 | Page No. 653-656

Date of Publication: 30-11-2014

DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.513


ANOMALOUS BRANCHES OF MEDIAN NERVE IN THE ARM

Ishita Ghosh 1, Gairik Sengupta 2, Pallab Basu *3, Alpana De (Bose) 4.

1 Junior Resident, Dept. of Anatomy, R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, India.
2 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, India.
*3 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, India.
4Head of the Dept., Dept. of Anatomy, R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, India.

Address: Dr. Pallab Basu, 53, Rishi Arabinda Sarani, Kolkata – 700090, India. Phone: +919433232481.
E-Mail:
basu_pallab@yahoo.co.in 

Abstract

Background: Dissection of right and left upper limbs and demonstration of the origin and the course of median nerve.
Result: Median nerve in the right upper limb is formed normally but it supplies brachialis muscle and both head of the biceps in the arm which is anomalous. In the left arm of the patient the course and supply of median nerve is normal.
Conclusion: The patient has unilateral anomalous supply of median nerve in the arm – this can result in trauma to this nerve while undergoing any surgery in right arm.
KEY WORDS: Median nerve, Brachialis muscle, Both head of the biceps brachii, Pronator teres.

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Ishita Ghosh, Gairik Sengupta, Pallab Basu, Alpana De (Bose). ANOMALOUS BRANCHES OF MEDIAN NERVE IN THE ARM. Int J Anat Res 2014;2(4):653-656. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2014.513

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