Accessory Heads of Forearm Flexors and Flexor Carpi Radialis Brevis: A Cadaveric Study with Clinical Significance (original) (raw)

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Pushpa Burute, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, DistRatnagiri, Maharashtra, India 415606 E-Mail: pushpaburute60@gmail.com Introduction: Muscular variations in the form of accessory muscles are common and observed during cadaveric dissections, surgeries or investigative radiological procedures. Knowledge of such variations in upper limb is useful for hand surgeons and neurosurgeons. Materials and Methods: Total 156 (80 of right side and 76 of left side) upper limbs of unknown sex were dissected for presence of accessory muscles in the flexor compartment of the forearm. Observed accessory bellies and anatomical variant muscles were studied for its origin and insertion, size and shape and its important relations. Observations: Accessory head for the flexor pollicis longus (ahFPL) was the most common variation found in 56 (36%) limbs. Accessory head for the flexor digitorum profundus (ahFDP) was ob...