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| boundaries of the cubital fossa |
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Definition
pronator teres
brachioradialis
intercondylar line
deep fascia
brachialis and supinator |
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| contents of the cubital fossa |
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Definition
Biceps brachii Tendon
Brachial artery
--radial artery
--ulnar artery
median nerve
radial nerve |
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Term
brachial artery
beginning and end |
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Definition
| from the axillary artery to the cubital fossa, where it divides into radial and ulnar arteries |
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Definition
comes from the lateral cord
supplies the coracobrachialis, brachialis, and biceps |
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Definition
from the medial cord
does not supply anything else in the arm |
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Definition
from median and lateral cord
supplies nothing in the arm |
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Definition
from the posterior cord
passes through the spiral groove |
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distal: swings anteriorly over the ulna
proximal: radial head rotates |
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Term
| borders between the flexor & extensor compartments |
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Definition
ulna medially
brachioradialis laterally
---so the pronator teres is the first muscle in the flexor compartment |
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Term
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Definition
on the distal end of the radius,
the extensor pollicis longus crosses over it, using it as a pulley for extension action. |
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Definition
from the lateral radius to deep fascia.
together with the interosseus membrane and ulna, |
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Definition
| underneath the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle |
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Term
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Definition
| deep branch of the radial nerve |
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Term
muscles next to the brachioradialis (extensors)
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Definition
superficial extensors!
extensor carpi radialis longus -> extensor carpi radialis brevis -> extensor carpi ulnaris-> anconeus |
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Term
| extensors deep to the extensor carpi's |
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Definition
extensor digitorum
extensor indicis (not superficial)
extensor digiti minimi |
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Term
anatomical "snuffbox"
-boudaries |
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Definition
distal to the styloid process of the radius
medial: tendon of extensor pollicis longus
lateral: tendons of extensor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicis longus |
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Term
| ulnar artery is just deep to the |
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Definition
flexor carpi ulnaris tendon
accompanied by the ulnar nerve |
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Term
| ulnar nerve passes through (flexor carpi ulnaris) |
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Definition
| through the cubital tunnel, between the humeral and ulnar heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris |
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