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    The cubital fossa, antecubital fossa, chelidon, inside of elbow, or, humorously, wagina, is the area on the anterior side of the upper part between the...
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    The popliteal fossa (also referred to as hough or kneepit in analogy to the cubital fossa) is a shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint...
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  • insertion. The median cubital vein is a superficial vein of the arm. It lies on the anterior aspect of the elbow, in the cubital fossa superficial to the...
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  • scapula: Glenoid fossa Supraspinous fossa Infraspinous fossa Subscapular fossa Cubital fossa (a.k.a. Antecubital fossa or chelidon) Olecranon fossa In the lower...
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    Elbow (redirect from Cubital joint)
    The elbow includes prominent landmarks such as the olecranon, the cubital fossa (also called the chelidon, or the elbow pit), and the lateral and the...
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  • Cubital relates to the cubit or ulna and may refer to: Cubital fossa, the triangular area on the anterior view of the elbow joint of the arm Cubital index...
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    is a connecting vein between the two, the median cubital vein, which passes through the cubital fossa and is clinically important for venepuncture (withdrawing...
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    brachii, which is located in the cubital fossa of the elbow. It separates superficial from deep structures in much of the fossa. The bicipital aponeurosis originates...
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    run medial to the artery in the distal arm and into the cubital fossa. Inside the cubital fossa, the median nerve passes medial to the brachial artery...
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    ulna. It forms the protruding part of the elbow and is opposite to the cubital fossa or elbow pit (trochlear notch). The olecranon serves as a lever for...
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    the superficial veins of the upper limb. The median cubital vein, which lies within the cubital fossa anterior to the elbow, is close to the surface of...
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  • veins can be used for cannularisation or venipuncture, although the cubital fossa is a preferred site for getting blood. The bones of the forearm are...
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  • Thumbnail for Brachial artery
    continues down the ventral surface of the arm until it reaches the cubital fossa at the elbow. It then divides into the radial and ulnar arteries which...
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    hernia. Like other flexion surfaces of large joints (popliteal fossa, armpit, cubital fossa and essentially the anterior part of the neck), it is an area...
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  • Thumbnail for Brachialis muscle
    brachii, and makes up part of the floor of the region known as the cubital fossa (elbow pit). It originates from the anterior aspect of the distal humerus;...
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    underarm Like other flexion surfaces of large joints (groin, popliteal fossa, cubital fossa and essentially the anterior part of the neck), it is an area where...
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  • Thumbnail for Median antebrachial vein
    before ending by opening into the median cubital vein near the junction with the basilic vein within the cubital fossa; alternately, it may fork distal to...
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    epicondyle (in the cubital tunnel) at the elbow, where it can be palpated by hand. The ulnar nerve is not a content of the cubital fossa. It enters the anterior...
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    A mind map about the cubital fossa or elbow pit, including an illustration of the central concept...
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    the brachial pulse, as the artery runs medial to the tendon in the cubital fossa. The biceps works across three joints. The most important of these functions...
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    major, continuing as the axillary vein. Near the region anterior to the cubital fossa (in the bend of the elbow joint), the basilic vein usually communicates...
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    of the brachial, begins a little below the bend of the elbow in the cubital fossa, and, passing obliquely downward, reaches the ulnar side of the forearm...
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    styloid process. Near the elbow, it forms the lateral limit of the cubital fossa, or elbow pit. Despite the bulk of the muscle body being visible from...
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    branching itself into superficial and deep branch which continues into cubital fossa and then into the forearm. The radial nerve gives out muscular branches...
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    tuberosity. The bicipitoradial bursa is one of the two bursae in the cubital fossa, the other being the interosseous bursa. Inflammation of the bicipitoradial...
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  • quickly depress the biceps brachii tendon as it passes through the cubital fossa. Specifically, the test activates the stretch receptors inside the biceps...
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  • Thumbnail for Pronator teres syndrome
    of the bicipital aponeurosis.⁠ The median nerve passes through the cubital fossa and passes between the two heads of pronator teres muscle into the forearm...
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    divides into a superficial (sensory) and deep (motor) branch at the cubital fossa. The deep branch of the radial nerve winds to the back of the forearm...
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  • muscle forms the medial boundary of the triangular hollow known as the cubital fossa, which is situated anterior to the elbow. The pronator teres is innervated...
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  • Thumbnail for Median nerve palsy
    related to the brachial artery within the arm. The nerve enters the cubital fossa medial to the brachialis tendon and passes between the two heads of...
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