Epitrochleoanconeus muscle
The epitrochleoanconeus muscle (anconeous epitrochlearis muscle, anconeus-epitrochlearis or anconeus sextus) is a small accessory muscle of the arm which runs from the back of the inner condyle of the humerus over the ulnar nerve to the olecranon. The average prevalence of this muscle is 14.2% in healthy individuals.
| Epitrochleoanconeus muscle | |
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Illustration of a dissected elbow joint showing ulnar nerve (a), epitrochleoanconeus (1 in red), triceps extensor cubiti (2) and flexor carpi ulnaris muscles (3). From Gruber (1866). | |
| Details | |
| Origin | Inferior surface of the medial epicondyle of the humerus |
| Insertion | olecranon process |
| Nerve | Ulnar nerve |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Musculus epitrochleoanconaeus |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
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