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 sitsits beneath the biceps brachii.
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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)
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action:
:ventral shoulder 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 sit beneath 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 that acts to perform flexion at the elbow. It sits beneath the biceps brachii.</p><ul>
-<strong>origin</strong>: coracoid process of <a href="/articles/scapula">scapula</a>- +<strong>origin:</strong> coracoid process of <a href="/articles/scapula">scapula</a>
-<strong>insertion</strong>: via a flat tendon onto the midportion of the medial surface of <a href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a>- +<strong>insertion:</strong> via a flat tendon onto the midportion of the medial surface of <a href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a>
-<strong>innervation</strong>: <a title="Musculocutaneous nerve" href="/articles/musculocutaneousnerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a> (C6 and C7)</li>- +<strong>innervation:</strong> <a href="/articles/musculocutaneousnerve">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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