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[[Summary Article| | ===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] ===== | ||
1. Triangular area b/w PRONATOR TERES (medial), BRACHIORADIALIS (lateral) & line joining the 2 humeral epicondyles. | |||
<br/>2. <i>Roof - </i>formed by the deep fascia of forearm & bicipital aponeurosis. <i>Structures over the medial roof => </i>basilic vein & medial cutaneous nerve of forearm. <i>Structures over the lateral roof => </i>cephalic vein & lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm. | <br/>2. <i>Roof - </i>formed by the deep fascia of forearm & bicipital aponeurosis. <i>Structures over the medial roof => </i>basilic vein & medial cutaneous nerve of forearm. <i>Structures over the lateral roof => </i>cephalic vein & lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm. | ||
<br/>3. <i>Floor - </i>formed by BRACHIALIS above, SUPINATOR below. | <br/>3. <i>Floor - </i>formed by BRACHIALIS above, SUPINATOR below. | ||
<br/>4. <i>Contents (medial to lateral, mnemonic: MATR) </i>- Median nerve => Brachial artery => Tendon of biceps => Radial nerve. [[Image:paste-14426795147808.jpg]] | <br/>4. <i>Contents (medial to lateral, mnemonic: MATR) </i>- Median nerve => Brachial artery => Tendon of biceps => Radial nerve. | ||
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<br/><b>Image: </b>Gray, Henry. <i>Anatomy of the Human Body.</i> Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. [https://www.bartleby.com/107/ www.bartleby.com/107/] [Accessed 17 Nov. 2018]. | <br/><b>Image: </b>Gray, Henry. <i>Anatomy of the Human Body.</i> Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. [https://www.bartleby.com/107/ www.bartleby.com/107/] [Accessed 17 Nov. 2018]. | ||
==Reference(s)== | ==Reference(s)== | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 30 December 2022
SUMMARY
1. Triangular area b/w PRONATOR TERES (medial), BRACHIORADIALIS (lateral) & line joining the 2 humeral epicondyles.
2. Roof - formed by the deep fascia of forearm & bicipital aponeurosis. Structures over the medial roof => basilic vein & medial cutaneous nerve of forearm. Structures over the lateral roof => cephalic vein & lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm.
3. Floor - formed by BRACHIALIS above, SUPINATOR below.
4. Contents (medial to lateral, mnemonic: MATR) - Median nerve => Brachial artery => Tendon of biceps => Radial nerve.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 17 Nov. 2018].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
