Coracobrachialis muscle
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The coracobrachialis muscle (or more simply coracobrachialis) is one of the three muscles of the anterior compartment of the arm that acts to perform flexion at the elbow. It sits beneath the biceps brachii, inserting via a flat tendon into the medial shaft of the humerus.
- origin: coracoid process of scapula
- insertion: via a flat tendon onto the midportion of the medial surface of humerus
- innervation: musculocutaneous nerve (C6 and C7)
- action: ventralshoulder flexion and shoulder adduction
-<p>The <strong>coracobrachialis muscle</strong> (or more simply <strong>coracobrachialis</strong>) is one of the three muscles of the anterior compartment of the arm that acts to perform flexion at the elbow. It sits beneath the biceps brachii.</p><ul>- +<p>The <strong>coracobrachialis muscle</strong> (or more simply <strong>coracobrachialis</strong>) is one of the three muscles of the anterior compartment of the arm. It sits beneath the biceps brachii, inserting via a flat tendon into the medial shaft of the humerus.</p><ul>
-<strong>innervation:</strong> <a href="/articles/musculocutaneousnerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a> (C6 and C7)</li>- +<strong>innervation:</strong> <a href="/articles/musculocutaneous-nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a> (C6 and C7)</li>
-<strong>action:</strong> ventral <a href="/articles/shoulder-flexion">shoulder flexion</a> and <a href="/articles/shoulder-adduction">shoulder adduction</a>- +<strong>action:</strong> ventral <a href="/articles/shoulder-flexion">shoulder flexion</a> and <a href="/articles/shoulder-adduction">shoulder adduction</a>
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