Re-visiting the brachialis muscle: morphology, morphometry, gender diversity, and innervation

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy : SRA
Isurani IlayperumaK N Palahepitiya

Abstract

The brachialis (BM) is a complex muscle with a long-running controversy regarding its morphology and innervation. The primary objective of this study was to elucidate the detailed gross morphology of BM in an adult Sri Lankan population. Cadaveric upper limbs (n = 240) were examined for the proximal and distal attachments, length, width, thickness of BM, and innervations by the musculocutaneous (MCN) and radial nerve (RN). In all cases, the BM consisted of two heads: superficial head (SHB) and deep head (DHB). Proximally SHB and DHB originated from the lateral, anterior, and medial aspects of the middle and distal thirds of the shaft of the humerus and inserted onto the coronoid process and the tuberosity of ulna, respectively, as two separate entities. Statistically significant (P < 0.05) gender differences were observed between the mean values (mm) of muscle length (male: 188.03 ± 10.54; female: 166.14 ± 7.97), width (male: 26.57 ± 4.80; female: 25.28 ± 4.67), thickness (male: 10.73 ± 1.74; female: 9.74 ± 1.28), and tendon length (male: 44.44 ± 7.73; female: 33.40 ± 5.09). In all cases, MCN innervated the BM, while the model site of piercing was in the middle third of the muscle. The incidence of RN contribution to BM was 83....Continue Reading

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