Coracobrachialis muscle
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The coracobrachialis 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.
- 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: arm flexion and adduction
-<p>The <strong>coracobrachialis</strong> is one of the three muscles of the <a href="/articles/anterior-compartment-of-the-arm">anterior compartment of the arm</a>. It sits beneath the <a title="Biceps brachii" href="/articles/biceps-brachii">biceps brachii</a>, inserting via a flat tendon into the medial shaft of the <a title="Humerus" href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a>.</p><ul>- +<p>The <strong>coracobrachialis</strong> is one of the three muscles of the <a href="/articles/anterior-compartment-of-the-arm">anterior compartment of the arm</a>. It sits beneath the <a href="/articles/biceps-brachii">biceps brachii</a>, inserting via a flat tendon into the medial shaft of the <a href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a>.</p><ul>
-<strong>action:</strong> ventral <a href="/articles/shoulder-flexion">shoulder flexion</a> and <a href="/articles/shoulder-adduction">shoulder adduction</a>- +<strong>action:</strong> <a title="Arm flexion" href="/articles/arm-flexion">arm flexion</a> and <a title="arm adduction" href="/articles/arm-adduction">adduction</a>