Round pronator muscle
Musculus pronator teres
Pronates the hand by rotating the radius.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- by a short strong tendon from the extremity of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
- Insertion
- by fleshy fibres and short tendinous fibres along the medial border of the radius, at its middle. The radial edge of the muscle is continuous with the strong deep layer of the antibrachial fascia.
- Action
- Pronates the hand by rotating the radius.
Terminology
- English
- Round pronator muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus pronator teres
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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