Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population

Additional heads of the biceps brachii muscle of arm have the clinical importance, because they mislead the surgeon in arm surgical procedures. Existence of such variation is one of the reasons for neurovascular compression in the arm region. The present study was conducted to find out the incidence...

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Main Authors:	Raju Sugavasi, Indira Devi B, Madhan Krishna E, Hima Sarika K, Krishna Veni S
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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2015
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spelling	ukm-92912016-12-14T06:49:29Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9291/ Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population Raju Sugavasi, Indira Devi B, Madhan Krishna E, Hima Sarika K, Krishna Veni S, Additional heads of the biceps brachii muscle of arm have the clinical importance, because they mislead the surgeon in arm surgical procedures. Existence of such variation is one of the reasons for neurovascular compression in the arm region. The present study was conducted to find out the incidence of third head of biceps brachii among 80 samples in South Indian population. The third head of biceps brachii was found in right side in one case which was 13.7 cm in length and arising from antero medial wall of lower part of shaft of humerus. Incidence of the study is 1.25% in South Indians. Occurrence of supernumerary third head of biceps is rare in Indian population. Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2015-12-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9291/1/03-MS1233-Raju%2520Sugavasi%2520et%2520al..pdf Raju Sugavasi, and Indira Devi B, and Madhan Krishna E, and Hima Sarika K, and Krishna Veni S, (2015) Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population. Journal of Surgical Academia, 5 (2). pp. 13-15. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgical.com
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description	Additional heads of the biceps brachii muscle of arm have the clinical importance, because they mislead the surgeon in arm surgical procedures. Existence of such variation is one of the reasons for neurovascular compression in the arm region. The present study was conducted to find out the incidence of third head of biceps brachii among 80 samples in South Indian population. The third head of biceps brachii was found in right side in one case which was 13.7 cm in length and arising from antero medial wall of lower part of shaft of humerus. Incidence of the study is 1.25% in South Indians. Occurrence of supernumerary third head of biceps is rare in Indian population.
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author	Raju Sugavasi, Indira Devi B, Madhan Krishna E, Hima Sarika K, Krishna Veni S,
spellingShingle	Raju Sugavasi, Indira Devi B, Madhan Krishna E, Hima Sarika K, Krishna Veni S, Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population
author_facet	Raju Sugavasi, Indira Devi B, Madhan Krishna E, Hima Sarika K, Krishna Veni S,
author_sort	Raju Sugavasi,
title	Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population
title_short	Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population
title_full	Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population
title_fullStr	Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population
title_full_unstemmed	Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population
title_sort	incidence of third head of biceps brachii in south indian population
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9291/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9291/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9291/1/03-MS1233-Raju%2520Sugavasi%2520et%2520al..pdf
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Incidence of Third Head of Biceps Brachii in South Indian Population

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