An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications

An accessory belly of abductor pollicis longus (APL), discovered in the right limb of a cadaver emanating from the main muscle belly was seen to insert onto the tendon of brachioradialis, 3.5 cm proximal to the extensor retinaculum. Measuring 2cm in length, this accessory fleshy belly was seen to br...

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Main Authors:	Bindusar K, Ranjeeta H, Susmita S, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh KS
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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/1/7._bindusar_et_al..pdf

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spelling	ukm-102402017-03-29T08:53:19Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/ An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications Bindusar K, Ranjeeta H, Susmita S, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh KS, An accessory belly of abductor pollicis longus (APL), discovered in the right limb of a cadaver emanating from the main muscle belly was seen to insert onto the tendon of brachioradialis, 3.5 cm proximal to the extensor retinaculum. Measuring 2cm in length, this accessory fleshy belly was seen to bridge over the flexor carpi radialis longus and insert onto the brachioradialis tendon extending for 2 cm along its length. The tendon of APL was inserted by dividing into a superficial and a deep tendon. Such anomalies may be important during surgeries of the hand and especially during reconstruction surgeries involving the APL. The insertion of the accessory belly of APL on the brachioradialis may connote sharing of tendon by two muscles and may have impact on the dynamics of thumb movement when there is simultaneous contraction of both the muscles. Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/1/7._bindusar_et_al..pdf Bindusar K, and Ranjeeta H, and Susmita S, and Vandana Mehta, and Rajesh KS, (2016) An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications. Journal of Surgical Academia, 6 (2). pp. 30-32. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc
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description	An accessory belly of abductor pollicis longus (APL), discovered in the right limb of a cadaver emanating from the main muscle belly was seen to insert onto the tendon of brachioradialis, 3.5 cm proximal to the extensor retinaculum. Measuring 2cm in length, this accessory fleshy belly was seen to bridge over the flexor carpi radialis longus and insert onto the brachioradialis tendon extending for 2 cm along its length. The tendon of APL was inserted by dividing into a superficial and a deep tendon. Such anomalies may be important during surgeries of the hand and especially during reconstruction surgeries involving the APL. The insertion of the accessory belly of APL on the brachioradialis may connote sharing of tendon by two muscles and may have impact on the dynamics of thumb movement when there is simultaneous contraction of both the muscles.
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author	Bindusar K, Ranjeeta H, Susmita S, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh KS,
spellingShingle	Bindusar K, Ranjeeta H, Susmita S, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh KS, An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
author_facet	Bindusar K, Ranjeeta H, Susmita S, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh KS,
author_sort	Bindusar K,
title	An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
title_short	An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
title_full	An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
title_fullStr	An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
title_full_unstemmed	An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
title_sort	accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10240/1/7._bindusar_et_al..pdf
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An accessory head of abductor pollicis longus: clinical and anatomical implications

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