FOREARM EXTENSOR
Muscle
Origin
Insertion
Action
UNIT 4: MUSCLES THAT ACT ON THE FOREARM, WRIST, AND FINGERS
A. Click on each muscle and watch the flix. In addition view the muscle groups in the following A and P Flix: Group Muscle Actions and Joints:
• Muscles of the Forearm (a), (b), and (c)
SUPINATION/PRONATION OF FOREARM
Muscle
Origin
Insertion
Action
Pronator teres
Medial epicondyle of humerus and coronoid of ulna
Midshaft of lateral radius
Supinator
Lateral epicondyle of humerus; proximal ulna
Proximal end of radius
Pronator quadratus
Distal portion of anterior ulnar shaft
Distal surface of anterior radius