SUPINATION OR PRONATION OF FOREARM

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SUMMARY


1. Simple pronation/supination about an immobile ulna are rare and unnatural; almost always accompanied by synergistic movements of the shoulder & elbow.

PRONATION 
2. Principal movers - PRONATOR QUADRATUS, PRONATOR TERES.
3. Assisted by - FCR, PALMARIS LONGUS, BRACHIORADIALIS.

SUPINATION
4. Principal movers - SUPINATOR, BICEPS.
5. Assisted by - EPL, ECRL.

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.