Antibrachial


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An`ti`brach´i`al


a.1.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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In the classic or standard description of extensor pollicis long (EPL) muscle in most of the anatomical references, it is considered with the supinator, abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis and extensor indicis proprius as the muscles of deep group of dorsal antibrachial muscles of the forearm (Austin, 2005).
(1995) noted duplication of brachial artery and reported that superficial brachial artery ended by anastomosing with the radial artery in the cubital fossa and in few cases, it continued as antibrachial artery.
When the axillary arch originates from the tendon oflatissimus dorsi and insert to the brachial and antibrachial fascia, to the humerus, to the lateral epicondyle and olecranon, or to the long head of triceps, it is often called latissimocondyloideus muscle (Bergman, 1988).