The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word which is most often used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anatomy, technically, means only the region of the upper arm, whereas the lower arm is called the forearm. It is homologous to the region of the leg ...Structure. The brachioradialis is a superficial, fusiform muscle on the lateral side of the forearm that attaches proximally on the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus and distally on the radius, close to its styloid process.Near the elbow, it forms the lateral limit of the cubital fossa, or elbow pit.. Nerve supply. Despite the bulk of the muscle body being visible from the anterior ...
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