Superficial head of pronator teres
Caput superficiale pronatoris teretis
- Latin synonym: Caput humerale pronatoris teretis
- Synonym: Humeral head of pronator teres
- Related terms: Humeral head; Pronator teres : Humeral head
Definition
Origin: Humeral head: medial epicondyle of humerus (common flexor tendon)
Insertion: Radius
Artery: Ulnar artery and radial artery
Nerve: Median nerve
Action: Pronation of forearm, flexes elbow
Antagonist: Supinator muscle
Description:
The humeral head, the larger and more superficial, arises immediately above the medial epicondyle, and from the tendon common to the origin of the other muscles; also from the intermuscular septum between it and the Flexor carpi radialis and from the antibrachial fascia.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
