Bovine aortic arch variant in humans: clarification of a common misnomer.

نویسندگان

  • K F Layton
  • D F Kallmes
  • H J Cloft
  • E P Lindell
  • V S Cox
چکیده

The term "bovine arch" is widely used to describe a common anatomic variant of the human aortic arch branching. This so-called bovine aortic arch has no resemblance to the bovine aortic arch. We describe the most common human aortic arch branching patterns and compare these with the bovine aortic arch.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 27 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006