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The brachial muscle (m.brachialis) begins on the lower two thirds of the humerus body between the deltoid tuberosity and the joint joint capsule of the elbow joint, on the medial and lateral intermuscular septum of the shoulder. It is attached to the tuberosity of the ulna. The bundles of the deep part of the tendon of this muscle are weaved into the capsule of the elbow joint.
Function of the shoulder muscle: flexes the forearm at the elbow joint.
Innervation of the brachial muscle: musculocutaneous nerve (CV-CVIII).
Blood supply of the brachial muscle: brachial artery, upper and lower collateral ulnar arteries, recurrent radial artery.
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