flexor pronator muscles

Course

anterior compartment

• separated from the extensor muscles by the radius & ulna.

Arranged in 4 layers & divided into 2 groups.

• Superficial group of 5 muscles:
  • pronator teres
  • flexor carpi radialis
  • palmaris longus
  • flexor carpi ulnaris
  • flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS)

- Superficials get attached by a common flexor tendon from the medial epicondyle

• Deep group of 3 muscles:
  • flexor digitorum profundus (FDP)
  • flexor pollicis longus
  • pronator quadratus

The five superficials cross the elbow joint; the three deep muscles do not.

More general terms

• skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)

Additional terms

• extensor muscles of wrist

Component of

• forearm