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 sit beneath biceps brachii.
- 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: ventral shoulder flexion and shoulder adduction
-<li>-<strong>origin</strong>: coracoid process of <a href="/articles/scapula" title="scapula">scapula</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>insertion</strong>: via a flat tendon onto the midportion of the medial surface of <a href="/articles/humerus" title="humerus">humerus</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>innervation</strong>: <a href="/articles/musculocutaneous-nerve" title="musculocutaneous nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>action</strong>: <a href="/articles/shoulder-flexion" title="shoulder flexion">shoulder flexion</a> and <a href="/articles/shoulder-adduction" title="shoulder adduction">shoulder adduction</a>-</li>- +<li>
- +<strong>origin</strong>: coracoid process of <a href="/articles/scapula">scapula</a>
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- +<strong>insertion</strong>: via a flat tendon onto the midportion of the medial surface of <a href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a>
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- +<strong>innervation</strong>: <a href="/articles/musculocutaneous-nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a> (C6 and C7)</li>
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- +<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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