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  2. List of flexors of the human body - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, flexor is a muscle that contracts to perform flexion (from the Latin verb flectere, to bend), [1] a movement that decreases the angle between the bones converging at a joint. For example, one's elbow joint flexes when one brings their hand closer to the shoulder , thus decreasing the angle between the upper arm and the forearm .

  3. Brachialis muscle - Wikipedia

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    The brachialis (brachialis anticus) is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow. It lies beneath the biceps brachii, and makes up part of the floor of the region known as the cubital fossa (elbow pit). It originates from the anterior aspect of the distal humerus; [1] it inserts onto the tuberosity of the ulna.

  4. Brachioradialis - Wikipedia

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    The brachioradialis flexes the forearm at the elbow, especially when quick movement is required and when a weight is lifted during slow flexion of the forearm. The muscle is used to stabilize the elbow during rapid flexion and extension while in a midposition, such as in hammering.

  5. Posterior compartment of the forearm - Wikipedia

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    The brachioradialis, flexor of the elbow, is unusual in that it is located in the posterior compartment, but it is actually a muscle of flexor / anterior compartment of the forearm. The anconeus, assisting in extension of the elbow joint, is by some considered part of the posterior compartment of the arm.

  6. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    flexes elbow, supinates forearm: triceps brachii: 2 1 brachialis: Upper Limb, Arm, Anterior compartment, right/left anterior surface of humerus (mainly distal half) coronoid process of ulna, tuberosity of ulna: radial recurrent artery: musculocutaneous nerve: flexes elbow: triceps brachii: 2 1 triceps brachii: Upper Limb, Arm, Posterior ...

  7. Biceps - Wikipedia

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    The biceps or biceps brachii (Latin: musculus biceps brachii, "two-headed muscle of the arm") is a large muscle that lies on the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Both heads of the muscle arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle belly which is attached to the upper forearm. While the long head of the biceps ...

  8. Category:Elbow flexors - Wikipedia

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    Category: Elbow flexors. 2 languages. ... Pronator teres muscle This page was last edited on 27 March 2013, at 12:53 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  9. Fascial compartments of arm - Wikipedia

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    The anconeus is a small muscle that stabilizes the elbow joint during movement. Some embryologists consider it as the fourth head of the triceps brachia as the upper and lower limbs have similar embryological origins, and the lower limb contains the quadriceps femoris muscle which has four heads, and is the lower limb equivalent of the triceps.