[Illustration: FIG. 78.--MEDIAL SURFACE OF THE SCAPULA WITH THE AREAS
OF ATTACHMENT OF MUSCLES.
_a_, M. subscapularis; _b_, M. teres major; _c_, M. serratus anterior;
_d_, M. levator scapulæ; _e_, M. rhomboideus; _f_, M.
occipitoscapularis; _g_, M. biceps; _h_, M. coracobrachialis; _i_,
caput longum of M. triceps.]
2. =Muscles of the Brachium or Upper Arm.=
M. clavobrachialis and the pectoralis group (Fig. 65, page 109) lie
partly in this region; they have been described.
=M. coracobrachialis= (Fig. 77, _f_; Fig. 79, _c_).--A very short muscle
covering the inner (medial) surface of the capsule of the
shoulder-joint. It extends from the coracoid process to the proximal end
of the humerus.
_Origin_ (Fig. 78, _h_).--By a round tendon from the tip of the coracoid
process.
_Insertion_ (Fig. 82, _e_) usually by fleshy fibres on an area five to
eight millimeters long and about half as wide, which lies on the medial
side of the humerus parallel with the ridge which runs from the dorsal
end of the lesser tuberosity to the shaft and close to it. The proximal
end of the area is about one centimeter from the proximal end of the
head of the humerus.
_Relations._--Medial surface with the biceps (Fig. 77, _g_), pectoralis
minor (Fig. 65, _o_), and teres major (Fig. 77, _c_). Lateral surface
with the capsule of the shoulder-joint. Dorsal border with the
subscapularis (Fig. 77, _a_) and the long portion of the caput mediale
of the triceps (Fig. 77, _j_).
_Action._--Adducts the humerus.
The part of the coracobrachialis just described is known as the _short_
head. A _long_ head is sometimes found. It is a conical bundle of
fibres of varying size, which arises from the tendon of origin of the
short head. It passes distad into a long and extremely slender tendon,
the insertion of which varies greatly in different individuals. It is
commonly on the humerus in the region of the supracondyloid foramen.
=M. epitrochlearis= or extensor antibrachii longus (Fig. 65, _r_).--A
thin, flat muscle on the inner or medial side of the brachium, from the
lateral surface of the latissimus dorsi (Fig. 65, _q_) to the olecranon
process of the ulna.
_Origin_ from the lateral or outer surface of the ventral border of the
latissimus dorsi (Fig. 65, _q_) near the insertion of the cutaneus
maximus. Fibres are often attached to the teres major and the pectoralis
minor.
_Insertion_ by a flat tendon which is closely connected with that of the
pectoantibrachialis (Fig. 65, _m_) and is continuous with the general
antibrachial fascia, into the caudal border of the cutaneous (dorsal)
surface of the olecranon process of the ulna.
_Relations._--Outer (medial) surface with the integument, the latissimus
dorsi (Fig. 65, _q_), and the cutaneus maximus. Inner (lateral) surface
with the biceps (Fig. 65, _t_), caput longum (Fig. 65, _s_), and caput
mediale (Fig. 77, _j_, _k_) of the triceps.
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