supinator radii brevis

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Introduction

Muscle of the deep, proximal, posterior compartment of the forearm.

Origin

Insertion

anterior & lateral surface of radius

Action

supinates the forearm

Innervation

radial (posterior interosseous) nerve

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999