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===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] ===== | ===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] ===== | ||
1. Triangular area | 1. Triangular area between pronator teres (medial), brachioradialis (lateral) & line joining the 2 humeral epicondyles. | ||
<br/>3. <i>Floor | <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. | |||
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<br/>4. <i>Contents (medial to lateral, mnemonic: MATR):</i> Median nerve ⟹ Brachial artery ⟹ Tendon of biceps ⟹ Radial nerve. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 8 January 2023
SUMMARY
1. Triangular area between 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.
