Brachialis
Musculus brachialis
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- What it is
- Broad flat muscle deep to biceps, from the lower half of the anterior humerus across the front of the elbow joint to the coronoid process and tuberosity of the ulna.
- Function
- The main flexor of the elbow, whatever the position of the forearm.
- Size
- About 15 cm long and 4–5 cm wide.
- Clinical note
- Bleeding into it after elbow injury can ossify (myositis ossificans), limiting movement.