• The posterior compartment of the forearm (or extensor compartment) contains twelve muscles which primarily extend the wrist and digits. It is separated...
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  • the forearm can be divided into two fascial compartments. The posterior compartment contains the extensors of the hands, which are supplied by the radial...
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    and posterior compartment of the forearm. The lateral intermuscular septum extends from the lower part of the crest of the greater tubercle of the humerus...
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    group. Compartment syndrome Posterior compartment of the forearm "Topographical Anatomy of the Upper Limb - Listed Alphabetically". University of Arkansas...
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    Radial nerve (category Nerves of the upper limb)
    heads of the triceps brachii muscle of the arm, as well as all 12 muscles in the posterior osteofascial compartment of the forearm and the associated...
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  • The fascial compartments of the forearm are the posterior compartment of the forearm and the anterior compartment of the forearm. Mitchell, Brittney; Whited...
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    Supinator muscle (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    In human anatomy, the supinator is a broad muscle in the posterior compartment of the forearm, curved around the upper third of the radius. Its function...
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    Anconeus muscle (category Muscles of the upper limb)
    innervation pattern follows the rules of innervation of the musculature of the posterior forearm (extensor) compartment by the radial nerve. Its role in...
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    articulations of the carpus. The posterior interosseous nerve supplies all the muscles of the posterior compartment of the forearm, except anconeus muscle...
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    extended. of arm at shoulder Axilla and shoulder Latissimus dorsi Posterior fibres of deltoid Teres major of forearm at elbow Posterior compartment of the arm...
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    layers of muscles, to the middle of the forearm. The deep branch provides motor function to the muscles in the posterior compartment of the forearm, which...
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    compartments of the arm and the fascial compartments of the forearm contain an anterior and a posterior compartment. Likewise, the lower limbs can be divided...
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    skin) of the forearm. It arises from the radial nerve in the posterior compartment of the arm, often along with the posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm...
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    Brachioradialis (category Forearm pronators)
    Despite the bulk of the muscle body being visible from the anterior aspect of the forearm, the brachioradialis is a posterior compartment muscle and...
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    innervation to the skin of the lateral forearm. It pierces the deep fascia of forearm to enter the subcutaneous compartment before splitting into a volar branch...
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    membrane of the leg, the anterior intermuscular septum, the transverse intermuscular septum and the posterior intermuscular septum. Each compartment contains...
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    Extensor pollicis brevis muscle (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    with, the abductor pollicis longus. The extensor pollicis brevis belongs to the deep group of the posterior fascial compartment of the forearm. It is...
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    flexor muscles of the forearm. As a result, the extensor muscles in the posterior compartment remain paralyzed. The forearm is the part of the body that extends...
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    Extensor digiti minimi muscle (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    through a compartment of the extensor retinaculum, posterior to distal radio-ulnar joint, then divides into two as it crosses the dorsum of the hand, and...
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  • Extensor pollicis longus muscle (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    the forearm. Posterior surface of the forearm. Superficial muscles. Posterior surface of the forearm. Deep muscles. Transverse section across the wrist...
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    Arm (redirect from Muscles of the Arm)
    osteofascial compartments: the anterior and the posterior compartments of the arm. The fascia merges with the periosteum (outer bone layer) of the humerus. The anterior...
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    Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle (category Muscles of the upper limb)
    innervated by the radial nerve, from spinal roots C6 and C7. All other major extensor muscles in the superficial layer of the posterior compartment (the extensor...
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    Radial artery (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    and posterior compartments of the forearm, with the posterior compartment beginning just lateral to the artery. The artery winds laterally around the wrist...
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    Gracilis Sartorius Gastrocnemius Popliteus Plantaris (negligible) of toes Posterior compartment of leg Flexor hallucis longus Flexor digitorum longus Flexor digitorum...
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  • to posterior). F- femoral nerve O- obturator nerve T- tibial division of the sciatic nerve. Notice the order of the muscles (S, G, T) follows the order...
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    Ulnar nerve (category Nerves of the upper limb)
    enters the anterior (flexor) compartment of the forearm between the two heads of flexor carpi ulnaris, and lies along the lateral border of the flexor...
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    walking. Plantarflexion of the foot: Primary muscles for plantar flexion are situated in the Posterior compartment of leg, namely the superficial Gastrocnemius...
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    corresponds to the posterior interosseus nerve of the forearm. It begins at the lateral side of the fibula bone, and then enters the anterior compartment by piercing...
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    divides the forearm into anterior and posterior compartments, serves as a site of attachment for muscles of the forearm, and transfers loads placed on the forearm...
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    prone to this condition. The patient presents with pain over dorsal aspect of the forearm and wrist. The tendon of 6th compartment (extensor carpi ulnaris)...
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