Coracobrachialis
Musculus coracobrachialis
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- What it is
- Slender muscle from the tip of the coracoid process (sharing a tendon with the short head of biceps) to the medial surface of the middle of the humerus.
- Function
- Flexes and adducts the arm at the shoulder.
- Size
- About 15 cm long, 2 cm wide.
- Clinical note
- Pierced by the musculocutaneous nerve — a landmark when blocking that nerve in the axilla.