Biceps brachii muscle attached to the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle: an unreported anatomical variation in humans

We report a new muscular variation in humans. It consisted of a biceps brachii muscle attached to the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle by means of an accessory fasciculus. It was a trapezoid tendinous connection band that arose from the terminal tendon of the biceps brachii muscle and ended in the internal margin of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle. This intermuscular connection band was the external slip of the insertion tendon of the biceps brachii muscle, which was also attached by means of two other fascicles to the radial tuberosity (intermediate slip) and the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle (internal slip). This variation was observed in only one of the sixty upper limbs examined. © 1994, Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena GmbH. All rights reserved.