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ORIGIN OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   CAUDAL LIGAMENTUM NUCHAE, SPINOUS PROCESSES OF C7-T2  
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INSERTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   SUPERIOR BORDERS OF 2,3,4,5, RIBS  
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ACTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   RAISES RIBS TO INCREASE THORACIC CAVITY DURING INSPIRATION  
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INNERVATION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR   INTERCOSTAL NERVES T1-4  
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ORIGIN OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   SPINOUS PROCESS OF T11,12,AND L1-3  
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INSERTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   INFERIOR BORDERS OF LAST 4 RIBS  
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ACTION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   DRAWS RIBS OUTWARD AND DOWNWARD CONTERACTING THE INWARD PULL OF THE DIAPHRAGM DURING EXPIRATION  
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INNERVATION OF SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR   INTERCOSTAL NERVES T9-12  
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THESE MUSCLES LIE DEEP TO LEVATOR SCAPULA AND UPPER TRAPEZIUS   SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR  
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THESE MUSCLES LIE DEEP TO LATISIMUS DORSI   SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR  
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TRIANGULAR SHAPED MUSCLE WHICH, WHEN PAIRED FORMS A TRAPEZIUM.   TRAPEZIUS  
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MOST SUPERFICIAL MUSCLE OF THE BACK   TRAPEZIUS  
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ORIGIN OF TRAPEZIUS   EXTERNAL OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE, LIGAMENTUM NUCHAE, C7-T12 SPINOUS PROCESSES  
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INSERTION OF TRAPEZIUS   UPPER: LATERAL THIRD OF CLAVICLE, ACROMION MIDDLE: SPINE OF SCAPULA LOWER: ROOT OF SPINE OF SCAPULA  
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ACTION OF TRAPEZIUS   UPPER: ELEVATION, UPWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA MIDDLE: RETRACTION OF SCAPULA LOWER: DEPRESSION, UPWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
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INNERVATION OF TRAPEZIUS   ACCESSORY NERVE (CRANIAL NERVE XI)AND BRANCHES OF C3,4  
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ORIGIN OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   THORACOLUMBAR APONEUROSIS, LOWER 6 THORACIS SPINOUS PROCESSES, SACRUM AND ILIAC CREST, LOWER 3 TO 4 RIBS, INFERIOR ANGLE OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   BICIPITAL (INTERTUBERCULAR) GROOVE OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   EXTENSION, MEDIAL ROTATION AND ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI   THORACODORSAL NERVE  
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WIDEST MUSCLE OF THE BACK   LATISSIMUS DORSI  
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POWERFUL EXTENSOR OF FLEXED HUMERUS IN SWIMMING OR CHOPPING WITH AN AXE   LATISSIMUS DORSI  
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PULL THE SHOULDER GIRDLE DOWN AND IS ACTIVE WHEN DOING A DESPRESSION TRANSFER OR WHEN USING CRUTCHES   LATISSIMUS DORSI  
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ORIGIN OF TERES MAJOR   INFERIOR ANGLE OF SCAPULA (DORSAL SURFACE) AND LOWER THIRD OF AXILLARY BORDER OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF TERES MAJOR   MEDIAL LIP OF BICIPITAL GROOVE OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF TERES MAJOR   EXTENSION, MEDIAL ROTATION, AND ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF TERES MAJOR   LOWER SUBSCAPULAR NERVE  
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INSERTS NEAR LATISSIMUS DORSI AND HAS SAME ACTIONS   TERES MAJOR  
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PULLS DOWNWARD TO HELP STABILIZE THE HEAD OF THE HUMERUS DURING ABDUCTION   TERES MAJOR, INFRASPINATUS AND TERES MINOR  
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ORIGIN OF TERES MINOR   UPPER 2/3 OF AXILLARY BORDER OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF TERES MINOR   GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF TERES MINOR   LATERAL ROTATION AND EXTENSION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF TERES MINOR   AXILLARY (CIRCUMFLEX) NERVE  
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"T" OF THE "SIT" MUSCLES   TERES MINOR  
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HELPS REINFORCE THE CAPSULE OF THE SHOULDER JOINT AND IS ONE OF THE "ROTATOR CUFF" MUSCLES   TERES MINOR  
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ORIGIN OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   C1-4 TP'S  
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INSERTION OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   VERTEBRAL BORDER OF SCAPULA FROM SUPERIOR ANGLE TO ROOT OF SPINE  
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ACTION OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   ELEVATION, DOWNWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
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INNERVATION OF LEVATOR SCAPULA   DORSAL SCAPULAR NERVE (C5) AND BRANCHES OF C3,4  
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ORIGIN OF RHOMBOIDS:MINOR   C7 AND T1 SP'S  
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ORIGIN OF RHOMBOIDS:MAJOR   T2-T5 SPS'S  
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INSERTION OF RHOMBOIDS: MINOR   ROOT OF SPINE OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF RHOMBOIDS:MAJOR   VERTERBRAL BORDER OF SCAPULA FROM ROOT OF SPINE TO INFERIOR ANGLE  
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ACTION OF RHOMBOIDS   RETRACTION AND DOWNWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
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INNERVATION OF RHOMBOIDS   DORSAL SCAPULAR NERVE (C5)  
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THESE MUSCLES WHEN PAIRED FORM A "CHRISTMAS TREE" SHAPE DUE TO THE OBLIQUE AND DOWNWARD DIRECTION OF THEIR FIBERS   RHOMBOIDS  
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ORIGIN OF SUPRASPINATUS   SUPRASPINOUS FOSSA OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF SUPRASPINATUS   GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS (SUPERIOR FACET)  
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ACTION OF SUPRASPINATUS   ABDUCTION OF HUMERUS, STABILIZATION OF HEAD OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF SUPRASPINATUS   SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE (C5,6)  
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"SIT" MUSCLES   SUPRASPINATUS, INFRASPINATUS, TERES MINOR  
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THE INSERTION SITE OF THE "SIT" MUSCLES   SUPERIOR, MIDDLE AND INFERIOR FACETS OF GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS  
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PULLS THE HEAD OF THE HUMERUS INTO THE GLENOID FOSSA AND THUS ACTS AS AN EFFECTIVE STABILIZER FOR HUMERAL ABDUCTION   SUPRASPINATUS  
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ORIGIN OF INFRASPINATUS   INFRASPINOUS FOSSA OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF INFRASPINATUS   GREATER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS (MIDDLE FACET)  
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ACTION OF INFRASPINATUS   LATERAL ROTATION, EXTENSION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF INFRASPINATUS   SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE  
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"I" OF SIT MUSCLES   INFRASPINATUS  
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ORIGIN OF SUBSCAPULARIS   SUBSCAPULAR FOSSA OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF SUBSCAPULARIS   LESSER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF SUBSCAPULARIS   MEDIAL ROTATION AND ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF SUBSCAPULARIS   UPPER AND LOWER SUBSCAPULAR NERVE  
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MUSCLES OF ROTATOR CUFF   SUBSCAPULARIS, SUPRASPINATUS, INFRASPINATUS, TERES MINOR  
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ROTATOR CUFF GUARDS THIS JOINT   GLENOHUMERAL JOINT  
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ONLY ROTATOR CUFF TO INSERT ON LESSER TUBERCLE OF HUMERUS   SUBSCAPULARIS  
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ORIGIN OF PECTORALIS MAJOR   CLAVICULAR HEAD:MEDIAL HALF OF CLAVICLE, STERNAL HEAD:STERNUM, CARTILAGES OF UPPER 6 RIBS  
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INSERTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR   LATERAL LIP OF BICIPITAL (INTERTUBERCULAR) GROOVE OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: CLAVICULAR HEAD   FLEXION OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: STERNAL HEAD   EXTENSION OF HUMERUS FROM A FLEXED POSITION  
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ACTION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR   ADDUCTION, HORIZONTAL ADDUCTION AND MEDIAL ROTATION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: CLAVICULAR HEAD   LATERAL PECTORAL NERVE  
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INNERVATION OF PECTORALIS MAJOR: STERNAL HEAD   MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE  
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THIS MUSCLE FORMS THE ANTERIOR WALL OF THE AXILLA   PECTORALIS MAJOR  
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ORIGIN OF PECTORALIS MINOR   ANTERIOR SURFACE OF RIBS 3,4,5 NEAR COSTAL CARTILAGES  
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INSERTION OF PECTORALIS MINOR   CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA ON MEDIAL BORDER OF SUPERIOR SCAPULA  
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ACTION OF PECTORALIS MINOR   PROTRACTION,DEPRESSION, DOWNWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA  
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INNERVATION OF PECTORALIS MINOR   MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE  
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ORIGIN OF SUBCLAVIS   1ST RIB COSTOCARTILAGE JUNCTION  
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INSERTION OF SUBCLAVIS   INFERIOR SHAFT OF CLAVICLE-MIDDLE 1/3  
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ACTION OF SUBCLAVIS   STABILIZES CLAVICLE BY MOVING IT MEDIALLY  
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INNERVATION OF SUBCLAVIS   NERVE TO SUBCLAVIS  
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THIS MUSCLE PREVENTS EXTREME ELEVATION AND PROTRACTION OF THE CLAVICLE   SUBCLAVIS  
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ORIGIN OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   OUTER SURFACE OF UPPER 8 RIBS (BY FINGER-LIKE SLIPS_  
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INSERTION OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   VERTEBRAL BORDER OF SCAPULA-ANTERIOR SURFACE  
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ACTION OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   PROTRACTION, UPWARD ROTATION OF SCAPULA, STABILIZES SCAPULA AGAINST CHEST WALL  
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INNERVATION OF SERRATUS ANTERIOR   LONG THORACIC NERVE  
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LOWER FIBERS OF THIS MUSCLE INTERDIGITATE WITH EXTERNAL OBLIQUE   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
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STRONGEST PROTRACTOR OF SCAPULA   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
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HOLDS THE SCAPULA AGAINST THE CHEST WALL TO PROVIDE A FIXED ORIGIN FOR MUSCLES ACTING ON THE HUMERUS   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
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WEAKNESS OF THIS MUSCLE CAUSES "WINGED SCAPULA"   SERRATUS ANTERIOR  
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ORIGIN OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   MIDDLE 1/3 OF MEDIAL SURFACE OF HUMERAL SHAFT  
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ACTION OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   FLEXION, ADDUCTION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF CORACOBRACHIALIS   MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE (C5,6,7)  
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ORIGIN OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   LATERAL THIRD OF CLAVICLE  
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INSERTION OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   FLEXION, HORIZONTAL ADDUCTION, MEDIAL ROTATION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF ANTERIOR DELTOID   AXILLARY NERVE (CIRCUMFLEX)  
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ORIGIN OF MIDDLE DELTOID   LATERAL ACROMION  
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INSERTION OF MIDDLE DELTOID   DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF MIDDLE DELTOID   ABDUCTION OF HUMERUS TO 90 DEGREES  
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INNERVATION OF MIDDLE DELTOID   AXILLARY NERVE  
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ORIGIN OF POSTERIOR DELTOID   SPINE OF SCAPULA  
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INSERTION OF POSTERIOR DELTOID   DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF HUMERUS  
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ACTION OF POSTERIOR DELTOID   EXTENSION, HORIZONTAL ABDUCTION, LATERAL ROTATION OF HUMERUS  
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MUSCLE THAT FORMS THE ROUNDED MUSCLE BULK OVER THE SHOULDER JOINT   DELTOIDS  
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STRONG ABDUCTOR BUT CANNOT INITIATE THAT MOVEMENT DUE TO THE ANGLE OF PULL IS PARALLEL TO THE HUMERUS WHEN THE ARM IS BY THE SIDE-SEE SUPRASPINATUS   DELTOIDS  
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ORIGIN OF TRICEPS BRACHII   LONG HEAD: INFRAGLENOID TUBERCLE OF SCAPULA LATERAL HEAD: POSTERIOR HUMERUS ABOVE SPIRAL GROOVE MEDIAL HEAD: POSTERIOR HUMERUS BELOW SPIRAL GROOVE  
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INSERTION OF TRICEPS BRACHII   OLECRANON PROCESS OF ULNA  
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ACTION OF TRICEPS BRACHII   EXTENSION OF ELBOW  
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ACTION OF TRICEPS BRACHII LONG HEAD   EXTENSION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF TRICEPS BRACHII   RADIAL NERVE  
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ONLY MUSCLE ON THE POSTERIOR ARM   TRICEPS BRACHII  
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ORIGIN OF ANCONEUS   LATERAL EPICONDYLE OF HUMERUS  
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INSERTION OF ANCONEUS   OLECRANON PROCESS AND UPPER POSTERIOR SURFACE OF ULNA  
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INNERVATION OF ANCONEUS   RADIAL NERVE  
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ACTION OF ANCONEUS   ASSISTS EXTENSION OF ELBOW  
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ORIGIN OF BRACHIALIS   LOWER HALF OF ANTERIOR SHAFT OF HUMERUS  
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INSERTION OF BRACHIALIS   TUBEROSITY OF ULNA AND CORONOID PROCESS OF ULNA  
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ACTION OF BRACHIALIS   FLEXION OF ELBOW  
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INNERVATION OF BRACHIALIS   MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE (C5,6,7) AND SOMETIMES BRANCHES FROM RADIAL AND MEDIAN NERVES  
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STRONGEST ELBOW FLEXOR   BRACHIALIS  
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ORIGIN OF BICEPS BRACHII   SHORT HEAD: CORACOID PROCESS OF SCAPULA LONG HEAD: SUPRAGLENOID TUBERCLE OF SCAPULA  
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INERSTION OF BICEPS BRACHII   TUBEROSITY OF RADIUS AND BICIPITAL APONEUROSIS  
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ACTION OF BICEPS BRACHII   FLEXION OF ELBOW AND SUPINATION OF FOREARM  
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ACTION OF BICEPS BRACHII SHORT HEAD   FLEXION OF HUMERUS  
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INNERVATION OF BICEPS BRACHII   MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE (C5,6,7)  
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CORACOID PROCESS IS THE ORIGINATION SITE FOR   BICEPS BRACHII SHORT HEAD AND THE CORACOBRACHIALIS MUSCLES  
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CORACOID PROCESS IS THE INSERTION SITE FOR   PECTORALIS MINOR  
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