Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System, Alphabetical Listing of Muscles, Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (Sublimis)
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
This case is an example where the index portion of the left flexor digitorum superficialis of an adult male formed two bellies with separate tendons in the distal third of the forearm, and a further smaller belly in the palm of the hand. An explanation for the preceding and following illustrations.
from Mainland, 1927
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