Group · Muscular system
Posterior compartment of forearm
Compartimentum posterius antebrachii
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Part of
- Muscles of upper limb
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior compartment of the forearm (or extensor compartment) contains twelve muscles which are chiefly responsible for extension of the wrist and digits, and supination of the forearm.
It is separated from the anterior compartment by the interosseous membrane between the radius and ulna.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Compartimentum posterius antebrachii
- English
- Posterior compartment of forearm
- French
- Compartiment postérieur de l'avant-bras
- Spanish
- Compartimento posterior del antebrazo
- Portuguese
- Compartimento posterior do antebraço