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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%95%DC%AA%DC%A5%DC%90_(%DC%97%DC%95%DC%A1%DC%90)" title="ܕܪܥܐ (ܗܕܡܐ) – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܕܪܥܐ (ܗܕܡܐ)" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-atj mw-list-item"><a href="https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ospiton" title="Ospiton – Atikamekw" lang="atj" hreflang="atj" data-title="Ospiton" data-language-autonym="Atikamekw" data-language-local-name="Atikamekw" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Atikamekw</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84" title="قول – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قول" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81" title="বাহু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বাহু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langan" title="Langan – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Langan" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takyag" title="Takyag – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Takyag" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brec%27h_(ezel)" title="Brec'h (ezel) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Brec'h (ezel)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruwoko" title="Ruwoko – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Ruwoko" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braich" title="Braich – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Braich" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm" title="Arm – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Arm" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%89%DE%AA%DE%8D%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%B0%DE%8B%DE%A6%DE%82%DE%91%DE%A8" title="މުލައްދަނޑި – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="މުލައްދަނޑި" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Βραχίονας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βραχίονας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brako" title="Brako – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brako" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beso" title="Beso – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Beso" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88" title="بازو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بازو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earm" title="Earm – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Earm" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9ag_l%C3%A1imhe" title="Géag láimhe – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Géag láimhe" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BA-p%C3%AD" title="Sú-pí – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Sú-pí" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%94" title="팔 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="팔" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannu" title="Hannu – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Hannu" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B9" title="बाँह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बाँह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brakio" title="Brakio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Brakio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengan" title="Lengan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lengan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliq" title="Taliq – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Taliq" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armur" title="Armur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Armur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%93" title="יד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ತೋಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ತೋಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%94%D8%B1" title="نٔر – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="نٔر" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bregh" title="Bregh – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Bregh" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roka" title="Roka – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Roka" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarm" title="Aarm – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Aarm" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braso" title="Braso – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Braso" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengan" title="Lengan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lengan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langan" title="Langan – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Langan" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_(ledemaat)" title="Arm (ledemaat) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Arm (ledemaat)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE" title="पाखुरा – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पाखुरा" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%95" title="腕 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="腕" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm" title="Arm – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Arm" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm" title="Arm – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Arm" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%98%DB%81%DB%81" title="بان٘ہہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بان٘ہہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rami%C4%99" title="Ramię – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ramię" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%C3%A7o" title="Braço – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Braço" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%C8%9B_(anatomie)" title="Braț (anatomie) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Braț (anatomie)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airm" title="Airm – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Airm" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm" title="Arm – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Arm" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="باسک – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="باسک" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4sivarsi" title="Käsivarsi – 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For the British semiconductor and software design company, see <a href="/wiki/Arm_Holdings" title="Arm Holdings">Arm Holdings</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Arm_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Arm (disambiguation)">Arm (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:dimgray; color: white">Arm</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Extended_arm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Extended_arm.jpg/300px-Extended_arm.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Extended_arm.jpg/450px-Extended_arm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Extended_arm.jpg/600px-Extended_arm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The left arm of a human male</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">Artery</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Axillary_artery" title="Axillary artery">Axillary artery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">Vein</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Axillary_vein" title="Axillary vein">Axillary vein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nerve" title="Nerve">Nerve</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brachial_plexus" title="Brachial plexus">Brachial plexus</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>brachium</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43471" class="extiw" title="d:Q43471">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Human_anatomy" title="Human anatomy">human anatomy</a>, the <b>arm</b> refers to the <a href="/wiki/Upper_limb" title="Upper limb">upper limb</a> in common usage, although academically the term specifically means the <b>upper arm</b> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between the <a href="/wiki/Glenohumeral_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenohumeral joint">glenohumeral joint</a> (shoulder joint) and the <a href="/wiki/Elbow_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbow joint">elbow joint</a>. The distal part of the upper limb between the elbow and the <a href="/wiki/Radiocarpal_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiocarpal joint">radiocarpal joint</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wrist" title="Wrist">wrist joint</a>) is known as the <a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">forearm</a> or "lower" arm, and the extremity beyond the wrist is the <a href="/wiki/Hand" title="Hand">hand</a>. </p><p>By anatomical definitions, the <a href="/wiki/Bone" title="Bone">bones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ligament" title="Ligament">ligaments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skeletal_muscle" title="Skeletal muscle">skeletal muscles</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_girdle" title="Shoulder girdle">shoulder girdle</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Axilla" title="Axilla">axilla</a> between them, are considered parts of the upper limb, and thus also components of the arm. The <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> term <i>brachium</i>, which serves as a <a href="/wiki/Root_word" class="mw-redirect" title="Root word">root word</a> for naming many anatomical structures, may refer to either the upper limb as a whole or to the upper arm on its own.<sup id="cite_ref-Free_dictionary_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Free_dictionary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bones">Bones</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg/250px-Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg/330px-Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg/500px-Human_arm_bones_diagram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="443" /></a><figcaption>Bones of the <a href="/wiki/Upper_limbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper limbs">upper limbs</a>, together with <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_girdle" title="Shoulder girdle">shoulder girdles</a>, that compose the human arm.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Humerus" title="Humerus">humerus</a> is one of the three <a href="/wiki/Long_bone" title="Long bone">long bones</a> of the arm. It joins with the <a href="/wiki/Scapula" title="Scapula">scapula</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Glenohumeral_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenohumeral joint">shoulder joint</a> and with the other long bones of the arm, the <a href="/wiki/Ulna" title="Ulna">ulna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radius_(bone)" title="Radius (bone)">radius</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Elbow" title="Elbow">elbow joint</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacob_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacob-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The elbow is a complex <a href="/wiki/Hinge_joint" title="Hinge joint">hinge joint</a> between the end of the humerus and the ends of the radius and ulna.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Muscles">Muscles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Muscles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The arm is divided by a <a href="/wiki/Fascia" title="Fascia">fascial</a> layer (known as lateral and medial <a href="/wiki/Lateral_intermuscular_septum_of_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Lateral intermuscular septum of arm">intermuscular septa</a>) separating the muscles into two <i>osteofascial compartments</i>: the <a href="/wiki/Anterior_compartment_of_the_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior compartment of the arm">anterior</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Posterior_compartment_of_the_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior compartment of the arm">posterior compartments of the arm</a>. The fascia merges with the <a href="/wiki/Periosteum" title="Periosteum">periosteum</a> (outer bone layer) of the humerus.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The anterior compartment contains three muscles: <a href="/wiki/Biceps" title="Biceps">biceps brachii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brachialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Brachialis">brachialis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coracobrachialis_muscle" title="Coracobrachialis muscle">coracobrachialis</a> muscles. They are all innervated by the <a href="/wiki/Musculocutaneous_nerve" title="Musculocutaneous nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a>. The posterior compartment contains only the <a href="/wiki/Triceps" title="Triceps">triceps brachii muscle</a>, supplied by the <a href="/wiki/Radial_nerve" title="Radial nerve">radial nerve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nerve_supply">Nerve supply</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nerve supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Cutaneous_innervation_of_the_upper_limbs" title="Cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs">Cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray812and814.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gray812and814.svg/220px-Gray812and814.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gray812and814.svg/330px-Gray812and814.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gray812and814.svg/440px-Gray812and814.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="508" /></a><figcaption>Cutaneous innervation of the right upper extremity.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Musculocutaneous_nerve" title="Musculocutaneous nerve">musculocutaneous nerve</a>, from C5, C6, C7, is the main supplier of muscles of the anterior compartment. It originates from the lateral cord of the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_plexus" title="Brachial plexus">brachial plexus</a> of nerves. It pierces the <a href="/wiki/Coracobrachialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Coracobrachialis">coracobrachialis</a> muscle and gives off branches to the muscle, as well as to <a href="/wiki/Brachialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Brachialis">brachialis</a> and biceps brachii. It terminates as the <a href="/wiki/Anterior_cutaneous_nerve_of_the_forearm" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm">anterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm</a>. </p><p>The radial nerve, which is from the fifth cervical spinal nerve to the first thoracic spinal nerve, originates as the continuation of the posterior cord of the brachial plexus. This nerve enters the <a href="/wiki/Lower_triangular_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower triangular space">lower triangular space</a> (an imaginary space bounded by, amongst others, the shaft of the humerus and the triceps brachii) of the arm and lies deep to the triceps brachii. Here it travels with the <a href="/wiki/Deep_artery_of_arm" title="Deep artery of arm">deep artery of the arm</a>, which sits in the <a href="/wiki/Radial_groove" title="Radial groove">radial groove</a> of the humerus. This fact is very important clinically as a fracture of the shaft of the bone here can cause <a href="/wiki/Lesion" title="Lesion">lesions</a> or even transections in the nerve. </p><p>Other nerves passing through give no supply to the arm. These include: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Median_nerve" title="Median nerve">median nerve</a>, nerve origin C5-T1, which is a branch of the lateral and medial cords of the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_plexus" title="Brachial plexus">brachial plexus</a>. This nerve continues in the arm, travelling in a plane between the biceps and triceps muscles. At the cubital fossa, this nerve is deep to the <a href="/wiki/Pronator_teres" class="mw-redirect" title="Pronator teres">pronator teres</a> muscle and is the most medial structure in the fossa. The nerve passes into the <a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">forearm</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ulnar_nerve" title="Ulnar nerve">ulnar nerve</a>, origin C8-T1, is a continuation of the medial cord of the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_plexus" title="Brachial plexus">brachial plexus</a>. This nerve passes in the same plane as the <a href="/wiki/Median_nerve" title="Median nerve">median nerve</a>, between the biceps and triceps muscles. At the elbow, this nerve travels posterior to the <a href="/wiki/Medial_epicondyle_of_the_humerus" title="Medial epicondyle of the humerus">medial epicondyle of the humerus</a>. This means that <a href="/wiki/Condyle_(anatomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Condyle (anatomy)">condylar</a> <a href="/wiki/Bone_fracture" title="Bone fracture">fractures</a> can cause lesion to this nerve.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blood_supply">Blood supply</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Blood supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray1235.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gray1235.png/220px-Gray1235.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gray1235.png/330px-Gray1235.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gray1235.png/440px-Gray1235.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="291" /></a><figcaption>Main arteries of the arm.</figcaption></figure> <p>The main artery in the arm is the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">brachial artery</a>. This artery is a big continuation of the <a href="/wiki/Axillary_artery" title="Axillary artery">axillary artery</a>. The point at which the axillary becomes the brachial is distal to the lower border of teres major. The <a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">brachial artery</a> gives off an unimportant branch, the <a href="/wiki/Deep_artery_of_arm" title="Deep artery of arm">deep artery of arm</a>. This branching occurs just below the lower border of <a href="/wiki/Teres_major" class="mw-redirect" title="Teres major">teres major</a>. </p><p>The brachial artery continues to the <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a> in the anterior compartment of the arm. It travels in a plane between the <a href="/wiki/Biceps" title="Biceps">biceps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triceps" title="Triceps">triceps</a> muscles, the same as the <a href="/wiki/Median_nerve" title="Median nerve">median nerve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basilic_vein" title="Basilic vein">basilic vein</a>. It is accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Venae_comitantes" class="mw-redirect" title="Venae comitantes">venae comitantes</a> (accompanying veins). It gives branches to the muscles of the anterior compartment. The artery is in between the <a href="/wiki/Median_nerve" title="Median nerve">median nerve</a> and the tendon of the <a href="/wiki/Biceps_brachii" class="mw-redirect" title="Biceps brachii">biceps</a> muscle in the <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a>. It then continues into the <a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">forearm</a>. </p><p>The deep artery of the arm travels through the <a href="/wiki/Lower_triangular_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower triangular space">lower triangular space</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Radial_nerve" title="Radial nerve">radial nerve</a>. From here onwards it has an intimate relationship with the radial nerve. They are both found deep to the triceps muscle and are located on the spiral groove of the <a href="/wiki/Humerus" title="Humerus">humerus</a>. Therefore, <a href="/wiki/Bone_fracture" title="Bone fracture">fracture</a> of the bone may not only lead to lesion of the <a href="/wiki/Radial_nerve" title="Radial nerve">radial nerve</a>, but also <a href="/wiki/Haematoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Haematoma">haematoma</a> of the internal structures of the arm. The artery then continues on to <a href="/wiki/Anastomosis" title="Anastomosis">anastamose</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Recurrent_radial" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurrent radial">recurrent radial</a> branch of the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">brachial artery</a>, providing a diffuse blood supply for the <a href="/wiki/Elbow-joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbow-joint">elbow joint</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veins">Veins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Veins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The veins of the arm carry blood from the extremities of the limb, as well as drain the arm itself. The two main veins are the <a href="/wiki/Basilic_vein" title="Basilic vein">basilic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cephalic_vein" title="Cephalic vein">cephalic veins</a>. There is a connecting vein between the two, the <a href="/wiki/Median_cubital_vein" title="Median cubital vein">median cubital vein</a>, which passes through the <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a> and is clinically important for <a href="/wiki/Venepuncture" class="mw-redirect" title="Venepuncture">venepuncture</a> (withdrawing blood). </p><p>The basilic vein travels on the medial side of the arm and terminates at the level of the seventh rib. </p><p>The cephalic vein travels on the lateral side of the arm and terminates as the axillary vein. It passes through the <a href="/wiki/Deltopectoral_triangle" class="mw-redirect" title="Deltopectoral triangle">deltopectoral triangle</a>, a space between the deltoid and the pectoralis major muscles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Society_and_culture">Society and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Society and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Hindu, Buddhist and Egyptian iconography the symbol of the arm is used to illustrate the power of the sovereign. In Hindu tradition gods are depicted with several arms which carry specific symbols of their powers. It is believed that several arms depict omnipotence of gods. In popular culture Thakur did not have arms in the movie Sholay. </p><p>In West Africa, the Bambara use forearm to symbolize the spirit, which is a link between God and man. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Three_Korean_Communists_in_a_fishing_boat_are_captured_by_the_USS_Manchester_off_the_coast_of_Korea._-_NARA_-_520792.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2411" /></a><figcaption>Three North Koreans surrender to <a href="/wiki/USS_Manchester_(CL-83)" title="USS Manchester (CL-83)">USS <i>Manchester</i></a> by raising their arms</figcaption></figure> <p>Symbolic gestures of raising both hands signal surrender, appeals for mercy, and justice.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abydos_KL_04-04_n23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Abydos_KL_04-04_n23.jpg/220px-Abydos_KL_04-04_n23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Abydos_KL_04-04_n23.jpg/330px-Abydos_KL_04-04_n23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Abydos_KL_04-04_n23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>The arm, as can be seen here, formed one component of <a href="/wiki/Hieroglyph" class="mw-redirect" title="Hieroglyph">hieroglyphs</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance <span class="anchor" id="Fracture"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a> is clinically important for <a href="/wiki/Venepuncture" class="mw-redirect" title="Venepuncture">venepuncture</a> and for <a href="/wiki/Blood_pressure" title="Blood pressure">blood pressure</a> measurement.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the arm is <a href="/wiki/Bone_fracture" title="Bone fracture">fractured</a> this may refer to a <a href="/wiki/Humerus_fracture" title="Humerus fracture">fracture of the humerus bone</a>. </p><p>Veins on the arm may be taken when a <a href="/wiki/Coronary_artery_bypass_graft" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronary artery bypass graft">coronary artery bypass graft</a> is needed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_animals">Other animals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other animals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In other animals, the term <i>arm</i> can also be used for homologous or analogous structures (such as one of the paired <a href="/wiki/Forelimb" title="Forelimb">forelimbs</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Quadrupedalism" title="Quadrupedalism">four-legged animal</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Cephalopod_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Cephalopod arm">arms of cephalopods</a>, respectively). In anatomical usage, the term <i>arm</i> may<sup id="cite_ref-Free_dictionary_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Free_dictionary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sometimes refer specifically to the segment between the shoulder and the elbow,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the segment between the elbow and <a href="/wiki/Wrist" title="Wrist">wrist</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">forearm</a>. However, in common, literary, and historical usage, <i>arm</i> refers to the entire upper limb from shoulder to wrist. This article uses the former definition; see <a href="/wiki/Upper_limb" title="Upper limb">upper limb</a> for the wider definition.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In primates, the arm is adapted for precise positioning of the <a href="/wiki/Hand" title="Hand">hand</a> and thus assist in the hand's manipulative tasks. The ball and socket shoulder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the structure of the two forearm bones which can rotate around each other allows for additional range of motion at that level.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arm_Bones.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Gross anatomy of the upper arm and elbow."><img alt="Gross anatomy of the upper arm and elbow." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Arm_Bones.png/120px-Arm_Bones.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Arm_Bones.png/250px-Arm_Bones.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gross anatomy of the upper arm and <a href="/wiki/Elbow" title="Elbow">elbow</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arm&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article uses <a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_sternoclavicular_ligament" title="Anterior sternoclavicular ligament">Anterior sternoclavicular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_sternoclavicular_ligament" title="Posterior sternoclavicular ligament">Posterior sternoclavicular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interclavicular_ligament" title="Interclavicular ligament">Interclavicular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costoclavicular_ligament" title="Costoclavicular ligament">Costoclavicular</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Acromioclavicular_joint" title="Acromioclavicular joint">Acromioclavicular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syndesmosis" title="Syndesmosis">Syndesmoses</a>: <a href="/wiki/Coracoacromial_ligament" title="Coracoacromial ligament">Coracoacromial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_transverse_scapular_ligament" title="Superior transverse scapular ligament">Superior transverse scapular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_transverse_ligament_of_scapula" title="Inferior transverse ligament of scapula">Inferior transverse of scapula</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Synovial_joint" title="Synovial joint">Synovial</a>: <a href="/wiki/Acromioclavicular_ligament" title="Acromioclavicular ligament">Acromioclavicular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coracoclavicular_ligament" title="Coracoclavicular ligament">Coracoclavicular</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trapezoid_ligament" title="Trapezoid ligament">trapezoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conoid_ligament" title="Conoid ligament">conoid</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Glenohumeral_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenohumeral joint">Glenohumeral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Articular_capsule_of_the_humerus" class="mw-redirect" title="Articular capsule of the humerus">Capsule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coracohumeral_ligament" title="Coracohumeral ligament">Coracohumeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenohumeral_ligaments" title="Glenohumeral ligaments">Glenohumeral (superior, middle, and inferior)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_humeral_ligament" title="Transverse humeral ligament">Transverse humeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenoid_labrum" title="Glenoid labrum">Glenoid labrum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elbow" title="Elbow">Elbow</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Humeroradial_joint" title="Humeroradial joint">Humeroradial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_ligament_of_elbow_joint" title="Radial collateral ligament of elbow joint">Radial collateral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Humeroulnar_joint" title="Humeroulnar joint">Humeroulnar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_of_elbow_joint" title="Ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint">Ulnar collateral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proximal_radioulnar_articulation" title="Proximal radioulnar articulation">Proximal radioulnar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anular_ligament_of_radius" class="mw-redirect" title="Anular ligament of radius">Anular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblique_cord" title="Oblique cord">Oblique cord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadrate_ligament" title="Quadrate ligament">Quadrate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">Forearm</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Distal_radioulnar52" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Distal_radioulnar_articulation" title="Distal radioulnar articulation">Distal radioulnar</a></th><td 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_radiocarpal_ligament" title="Dorsal radiocarpal ligament">Dorsal radiocarpal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palmar_radiocarpal_ligament" title="Palmar radiocarpal ligament">Palmar radiocarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_ulnocarpal_ligament" title="Dorsal ulnocarpal ligament">Dorsal ulnocarpal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palmar_ulnocarpal_ligament" title="Palmar ulnocarpal ligament">Palmar ulnocarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_of_wrist_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulnar collateral ligament of wrist joint">Ulnar collateral</a>/<a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_ligament_of_wrist_joint" title="Radial collateral ligament of wrist joint">Radial collateral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intercarpal_joints" title="Intercarpal joints">Intercarpal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midcarpal_joint" title="Midcarpal joint">Midcarpal</a></li></ul></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiate_carpal_ligament" title="Radiate carpal ligament">Radiate carpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_intercarpal_ligament" title="Dorsal intercarpal ligament">Dorsal intercarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_intercarpal_ligaments" title="Palmar intercarpal ligaments">Palmar intercarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interosseous_intercarpal_ligaments" title="Interosseous intercarpal ligaments">Interosseous intercarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scapholunate_ligament" title="Scapholunate ligament">Scapholunate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisiform_joint" title="Pisiform joint">Pisiform joint</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pisohamate_ligament" title="Pisohamate ligament">Pisohamate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisometacarpal_ligament" title="Pisometacarpal ligament">Pisometacarpal</a>)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Carpometacarpal_joint" title="Carpometacarpal joint">Carpometacarpal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpometacarpal_ligaments" title="Dorsal carpometacarpal ligaments">Dorsal carpometacarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpometacarpal_ligaments" title="Palmar carpometacarpal ligaments">Palmar carpometacarpal</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carpometacarpal_joint#Thumb" title="Carpometacarpal joint">thumb</a>:</i> <a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_ligament_of_thumb" title="Radial collateral ligament of thumb">Radial collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_of_thumb" title="Ulnar collateral ligament of thumb">Ulnar collateral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intermetacarpal_joints" title="Intermetacarpal joints">Intermetacarpal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_transverse_metacarpal_ligament" title="Deep transverse metacarpal ligament">Deep transverse metacarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_transverse_metacarpal_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament">Superficial transverse metacarpal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metacarpophalangeal_joint" title="Metacarpophalangeal joint">Metacarpophalangeal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collateral_ligaments_of_metacarpophalangeal_joints" title="Collateral ligaments of metacarpophalangeal joints">Collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_plate" title="Palmar plate">Palmar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Interphalangeal_joints_of_hand" class="mw-redirect" title="Interphalangeal joints of hand">Interphalangeal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collateral_ligament_of_interphalangeal_joints_of_hand" title="Collateral ligament of interphalangeal joints of hand">Collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_plate" title="Palmar plate">Palmar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carpal_tunnel" title="Carpal tunnel">Carpal tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_canal" title="Ulnar canal">Ulnar canal</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Supraspinous_fascia" title="Supraspinous fascia">supraspinous fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infraspinous_fascia" title="Infraspinous fascia">infraspinous fascia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Arm</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Fascial_compartments_of_arm" title="Fascial compartments of arm">compartments</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anterior_compartment_of_the_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior compartment of the arm">anterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coracobrachialis_muscle" title="Coracobrachialis muscle">coracobrachialis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biceps" title="Biceps">biceps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brachialis_muscle" title="Brachialis muscle">brachialis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_compartment_of_the_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior compartment of the arm">posterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triceps_brachii_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Triceps brachii muscle">triceps brachii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anconeus_muscle" title="Anconeus muscle">anconeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articularis_cubiti_muscle" title="Articularis cubiti muscle">articularis cubiti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fascia" title="Fascia">fascia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axillary_sheath" title="Axillary sheath">axillary sheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axillary_fascia" title="Axillary fascia">axillary fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brachial_fascia" title="Brachial fascia">brachial fascia</a></li> <li><i>intermuscular septa</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_intermuscular_septum_of_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Lateral intermuscular septum of arm">lateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_intermuscular_septum_of_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Medial intermuscular septum of arm">medial</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>spaces</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quadrangular_space" title="Quadrangular space">quadrangular space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triangular_space" title="Triangular space">triangular space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triangular_interval" title="Triangular interval">triangular interval</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">Forearm</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Fascial_compartments_of_forearm" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascial compartments of forearm">compartments</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anterior_compartment_of_the_forearm" title="Anterior compartment of the forearm">anterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>superficial:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pronator_teres_muscle" title="Pronator teres muscle">pronator teres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmaris_longus_muscle" title="Palmaris longus muscle">palmaris longus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_carpi_radialis_muscle" title="Flexor carpi radialis muscle">flexor carpi radialis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_carpi_ulnaris_muscle" title="Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle">flexor carpi ulnaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_superficialis_muscle" title="Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle">flexor digitorum superficialis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>deep:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pronator_quadratus_muscle" title="Pronator quadratus muscle">pronator quadratus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_profundus_muscle" title="Flexor digitorum profundus muscle">flexor digitorum profundus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_pollicis_longus_muscle" title="Flexor pollicis longus muscle">flexor pollicis longus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_compartment_of_the_forearm" title="Posterior compartment of the forearm">posterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i> superficial:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_wad" title="Mobile wad">mobile wad</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brachioradialis" title="Brachioradialis">brachioradialis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_carpi_radialis_longus_muscle" title="Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle">extensor carpi radialis longus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Extensor_carpi_radialis_brevis_muscle" title="Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle">brevis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_digitorum_muscle" title="Extensor digitorum muscle">extensor digitorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_digiti_minimi_muscle" title="Extensor digiti minimi muscle">extensor digiti minimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_carpi_ulnaris_muscle" title="Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle">extensor carpi ulnaris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>deep:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supinator_muscle" title="Supinator muscle">supinator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_snuffbox" title="Anatomical snuffbox">anatomical snuffbox</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abductor_pollicis_longus_muscle" title="Abductor pollicis longus muscle">abductor pollicis longus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_pollicis_brevis_muscle" title="Extensor pollicis brevis muscle">extensor pollicis brevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_pollicis_longus_muscle" title="Extensor pollicis longus muscle">extensor pollicis longus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_indicis_muscle" title="Extensor indicis muscle">extensor indicis</a></li></ul> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Osborne%27s_ligament" title="Osborne's ligament">osborne's ligament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hand" title="Hand">Hand</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">lateral volar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thenar_eminence" title="Thenar eminence">thenar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opponens_pollicis_muscle" title="Opponens pollicis muscle">opponens pollicis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_pollicis_brevis_muscle" title="Flexor pollicis brevis muscle">flexor pollicis brevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abductor_pollicis_brevis_muscle" title="Abductor pollicis brevis muscle">abductor pollicis brevis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adductor_pollicis_muscle" title="Adductor pollicis muscle">adductor pollicis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">medial volar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hypothenar_eminence" title="Hypothenar eminence">hypothenar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opponens_digiti_minimi_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Opponens digiti minimi muscle">opponens digiti minimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digiti_minimi_brevis_muscle_(hand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle (hand)">flexor digiti minimi brevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abductor_digiti_minimi_muscle_of_hand" class="mw-redirect" title="Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand">abductor digiti minimi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmaris_brevis_muscle" title="Palmaris brevis muscle">palmaris brevis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">intermediate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lumbricals_of_the_hand" title="Lumbricals of the hand">lumbrical</a></li> <li><i>interossei</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_interossei_of_the_hand" title="Dorsal interossei of the hand">dorsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_interossei_muscles" title="Palmar interossei muscles">palmar</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fascia" title="Fascia">fascia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>posterior:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_retinaculum_of_the_hand" title="Extensor retinaculum of the hand">extensor retinaculum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extensor_expansion" title="Extensor expansion">extensor expansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>anterior:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_retinaculum_of_the_hand" title="Flexor retinaculum of the hand">flexor retinaculum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_aponeurosis" title="Palmar aponeurosis">palmar aponeurosis</a></li></ul> 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style="width:1%">Shoulder<br /><span class="nobold">before teres minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st part</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_thoracic_artery" title="Superior thoracic artery">Superior thoracic artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd part</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thoracoacromial_artery" title="Thoracoacromial artery">Thoracoacromial artery</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pectoral_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pectoral branch of thoracoacromial artery (page does not exist)">pectoral branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acromial_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Acromial branch of thoracoacromial artery (page does not exist)">acromial branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clavicular_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery (page does not exist)">clavicular branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deltoid_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery">deltoid branch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_thoracic_artery" title="Lateral thoracic artery">Lateral thoracic artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd part</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subscapular_artery" title="Subscapular artery">Subscapular artery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scapular_anastomosis" title="Scapular anastomosis">scapular anastomosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circumflex_scapular_artery" title="Circumflex scapular artery">circumflex scapular artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoracodorsal_artery" title="Thoracodorsal artery">thoracodorsal artery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_humeral_circumflex_artery" title="Anterior humeral circumflex artery">anterior humeral circumflex artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_humeral_circumflex_artery" title="Posterior humeral circumflex artery">posterior humeral circumflex artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">Brachial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arm<br /><span class="nobold">before <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Profunda_brachii" class="mw-redirect" title="Profunda brachii">profunda brachii</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_artery" title="Radial collateral artery">radial collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_collateral_artery" title="Medial collateral artery">medial collateral</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>ulnar collateral</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_ulnar_collateral_artery" title="Superior ulnar collateral artery">superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_ulnar_collateral_artery" title="Inferior ulnar collateral artery">inferior</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Radial_artery" title="Radial artery">Radial artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">forearm</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_recurrent_artery" title="Radial recurrent artery">radial recurrent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">wrist/carpus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_branch_of_the_radial_artery" title="Dorsal carpal branch of the radial artery">Dorsal carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">dorsal carpal arch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_branch_of_radial_artery" title="Palmar carpal branch of radial artery">Palmar carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">hand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_branch_of_radial_artery" title="Superficial palmar branch of radial artery">Superficial palmar branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princeps_pollicis_artery" title="Princeps pollicis artery">princeps pollicis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radial_artery_of_index_finger" title="Radial artery of index finger">radialis indicis artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Median_artery" title="Median artery">Median artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Median_artery" title="Median artery">median artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_artery" title="Ulnar artery">Ulnar artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">forearm</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>ulnar recurrent</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Anterior ulnar recurrent artery">anterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Posterior ulnar recurrent artery">posterior</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_interosseous_artery" title="Common interosseous artery">common interosseous</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_interosseous_artery" title="Anterior interosseous artery">anterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_interosseous_artery" title="Posterior interosseous artery">posterior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interosseous_recurrent_artery" title="Interosseous recurrent artery">interosseous recurrent</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">wrist/carpus</th><td 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">Dorsal carpal arch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_metacarpal_arteries" title="Dorsal metacarpal arteries">dorsal metacarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_digital_arteries_of_hand" title="Dorsal digital arteries of hand">dorsal digital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_arch" title="Palmar carpal arch">Palmar carpal arch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_palmar_digital_arteries" title="Common palmar digital arteries">common palmar digital</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proper_palmar_digital_arteries" title="Proper palmar digital arteries">proper palmar digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep palmar arch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_metacarpal_arteries" title="Palmar metacarpal arteries">palmar metacarpal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Veins_of_the_human_arm56" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subscapular_vein" class="mw-redirect" title="Subscapular vein">Subscapular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axillary_vein" title="Axillary vein">Axillary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circumflex_scapular_vein" class="mw-redirect" title="Circumflex scapular vein">Circumflex scapular</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Superficial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>arm:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cephalic_vein" 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4em">Anatomy of the <a href="/wiki/Lymphatic_system" title="Lymphatic system">lymphatic system</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head and neck</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Head</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Back</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_lymph_nodes" title="Occipital lymph nodes">Occipital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastoid_lymph_nodes" title="Mastoid lymph nodes">Mastoid/retroauricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parotid_lymph_nodes" title="Parotid lymph nodes">Parotid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_parotid_lymph_nodes" title="Superficial parotid lymph nodes">Superficial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_parotid_lymph_nodes" title="Deep parotid lymph nodes">Deep</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Preauricular_deep_parotid_lymph_nodes" title="Preauricular deep parotid lymph nodes">preauricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infraauricular_deep_parotid_lymph_nodes" title="Infraauricular deep parotid lymph nodes">infra-auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intraglandular_deep_parotid_lymph_nodes" title="Intraglandular deep parotid lymph nodes">intraglandular</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Front</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Facial_lymph_nodes" title="Facial lymph nodes">Facial</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buccinator_lymph_node" title="Buccinator lymph node">buccinator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasolabial_lymph_node" title="Nasolabial lymph node">nasolabial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandibular_lymph_node" title="Mandibular lymph node">Mandibular</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Submandibular_lymph_nodes" title="Submandibular lymph nodes">Submandibular</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submental_lymph_nodes" title="Submental lymph nodes">Submental</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cervical_lymph_nodes" title="Cervical lymph nodes">Cervical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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nodes">pretracheal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paratracheal_lymph_nodes" title="Paratracheal lymph nodes">paratracheal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prelaryngeal_lymph_nodes" title="Prelaryngeal lymph nodes">prelaryngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thyroid_lymph_nodes" title="Thyroid lymph nodes">thyroid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_lateral_cervical_lymph_nodes" title="Deep lateral cervical lymph nodes">Deep lateral cervical</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_deep_cervical_lymph_nodes" title="Superior deep cervical lymph nodes">superior deep cervical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_deep_cervical_lymph_nodes" title="Inferior deep cervical lymph nodes">inferior deep cervical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retropharyngeal_lymph_nodes" title="Retropharyngeal lymph nodes">retropharyngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugulodigastric_lymph_node" title="Jugulodigastric lymph node">jugulodigastric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugulo-omohyoid_lymph_node" title="Jugulo-omohyoid lymph 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