Muscles Of The ARM Flashcards
The anterior and posterior arm are separated by the:
The bicipital aponeurosis ?
What are the 2 divisions of the arm?
Anterior
Posterior
What innervates/ nerve suplythe ANTERIOR ARM?
MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE
What innervates/ nerve suplythe POSTERIOR ARM?
Radial nerve
What are the muscles of the anterior arm?
CORACOBRACHIALIS
BRACHIALIS
BICEPS BRACHII
What are the muscles of the posterior arm?
Triceps brachii
What adducts/ flexes the arm?
What division?
Coracobrachialis
Anterior
Main flexor of the arm?
What division?
BRACHIALIS
Main supinator of the forearm? (And flexes the arm)
What division?
BICEPS BRACHII
Anterior
MainEXTENSOR OF THE ARM?
What division?
Triceps brachii
Posterior
Flexes the arm only. Not the forearm.
What division?
Coracobrachialis
Anterior
Flexes the forearm and not the ARM?
What division?
Brachialis
Biceps brachii
Anterior
Action of the anterior division of the Arm?
FLEXOR
Action of the posterior division of the Arm?
EXTENSOR
What is the other muscle that can SUPINATE?
Supinator