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Anterior compartment of the arm

Changed by Tim Luijkx, 16 Oct 2015

Updates to Article Attributes

Body was changed:

The anterior compartment of the arm is one of the two compartments of the arm.

A sheath of deep fascia surrounds the arm, the brachial fascia. Two intermuscular septae (medial and lateral) extend from it to attach to the humerus at the medal condylar ridge and lateral supracondylar ridge, respectively. These septae divide the arm into its anterior and posterior compartments.

Muscles

Three flexors:

Blood supply

Nerve supplyInnervation

Primarily by the musculocutaneous nerve (C5,6), although the radial nerve(C7) does supply a small lateral part of brachialis.

  • -</ul><h4>Blood supply</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/brachial-artery">brachial artery</a></li></ul><h4>Nerve supply</h4><p>Primarily by the <a title="Musculocutaneous nerve" href="/articles/musculocutaneous-nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a> (C5,6), although the <a href="/articles/radial-nerve">radial nerve</a><a href="/articles/radial-nerve"> </a>(C7) does supply a small lateral part of brachialis.</p>
  • +</ul><h4>Blood supply</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/brachial-artery">brachial artery</a></li></ul><h4>Innervation</h4><p>Primarily by the <a href="/articles/musculocutaneous-nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a> (C5,6), although the <a href="/articles/radial-nerve">radial nerve</a><a href="/articles/radial-nerve"> </a>(C7) does supply a small lateral part of brachialis.</p>

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