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Upper Limb Sheet

Every upper limb structure on one sheet - muscles, bones, nerves, vessels and the rest, each type in its own table with its own columns.

Upper Limb Sheet

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Muscles

Muscles - Upper Limb Sheet. Every upper limb structure on one sheet - muscles, bones, nerves, vessels and the rest, each type in its own table with its own columns.
Muscle	Origin	Insertion	Action	Innervation	Blood supply
Abductor digiti minimi (hand)	Pisiform, with attachment to the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon	Ulnar side of the fifth proximal phalanx at its base	Moves the fifth finger away from the ring finger	Deep ulnar nerve branch, mainly C8–T1	Muscular branches of the ulnar artery
Abductor pollicis brevis	Flexor retinaculum and the scaphoid and trapezium tubercles	Radial side of the thumb's proximal phalanx at its base	Produces palmar abduction of the thumb	Recurrent median nerve branch, mainly C8–T1	Radial artery, through its superficial palmar branch
Abductor pollicis longus	Back of the radius and ulna, with the intervening interosseous membrane	Radial side of the first metacarpal base; additional tendon slips vary	Abducts and helps extend the thumb at the carpometacarpal joint	Posterior interosseous nerve, commonly described with C7-C8 contributions	Branches of the posterior interosseous artery

Bones

Bones - Upper Limb Sheet. Every upper limb structure on one sheet - muscles, bones, nerves, vessels and the rest, each type in its own table with its own columns.
Bone	Bone type	Key landmarks	Articulations
Clavicle	An atypical long bone, with a small or poorly defined marrow cavity	Medial sternal end; lateral acromial end; inferior conoid tubercle and trapezoid line; groove for subclavius	Manubrium at the sternoclavicular joint; scapular acromion at the acromioclavicular joint
Humerus	A long bone with an expanded end at each joint	Proximal head and anatomical neck; greater and lesser tubercles with the bicipital groove between them; surgical neck; deltoid tuberosity and radial groove on the shaft; distal epicondyles, capitulum, trochlea and radial, coronoid and olecranon fossae	Head with the scapular glenoid; capitulum with the radial head; trochlea with the ulnar trochlear notch
Lunate	A short bone of the carpus	Rounded proximal surface for the radius; hollowed distal surface for the capitate; a separate hamate facet may be present	Radius, scaphoid, triquetrum and capitate; also the hamate when a medial distal facet is present

Nerves

Nerves - Upper Limb Sheet. Every upper limb structure on one sheet - muscles, bones, nerves, vessels and the rest, each type in its own table with its own columns.
Nerve	Root value	Course	Motor	Sensory
Axillary nerve	Usually C5-C6, carried through the posterior cord	Leaves the axilla through the quadrangular space beside the posterior circumflex humeral vessels; branches wrap around the surgical neck	Deltoid and teres minor muscles	Skin near the inferior lateral deltoid through the superior lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm
Brachial plexus	Usual maps: C5 - dorsal scapular; C5-C6 - suprascapular, subclavius, upper/lower subscapular and axillary; C5-C7 - lateral pectoral, musculocutaneous and long thoracic; C6-C8 - thoracodorsal; C8-T1 - medial pectoral, medial arm/forearm cutaneous and ulnar; C5-T1 - radial; median chiefly C6-T1 with variable C5. Segmental maps vary	Roots between anterior and middle scalenes; trunks in the lower posterior triangle; divisions behind the clavicle; cords named around the second part of the axillary artery	Most shoulder and upper-limb muscles, including many scapular stabilizers. Trapezius receives its main motor supply through the accessory nerve	Most upper-limb skin; the shoulder tip also receives C3-C4 supraclavicular nerves, and the axilla/adjacent medial arm receives intercostobrachial supply, usually T2
Long thoracic nerve	Usually anterior rami C5-C7, branching near the roots of the brachial plexus	Passes from the lower neck beneath the clavicle and down the lateral chest wall on superficial serratus anterior	Serratus anterior muscle	No defined cutaneous territory; its branches serve the muscle rather than a patch of skin

Vessels

Vessels - Upper Limb Sheet. Every upper limb structure on one sheet - muscles, bones, nerves, vessels and the rest, each type in its own table with its own columns.
Vessel	Origin	Course	Branches	Supplies	Drains to
Axillary artery¹	Continuation of the subclavian artery beyond the lateral edge of rib 1	Across the axilla, passing deep to pectoralis minor; becomes brachial below teres major	Usual pattern: superior thoracic; thoracoacromial and lateral thoracic; subscapular and the two circumflex humeral arteries. Shared origins and other variants occur	Axillary tissues, shoulder and nearby thoracic wall; its continuation supplies the rest of the limb	not recorded
Brachial artery¹	Axillary artery continuing past the inferior border of teres major	Down the anterior-medial arm into the cubital fossa; usually divides near the radial neck, although a higher division can occur	Profunda brachii, superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries, muscular branches, then the terminal radial and ulnar arteries	Arm tissues directly and through its branches; forearm and hand through the radial and ulnar continuations	not recorded
Radial artery¹	Usually branches from the brachial artery in the cubital fossa	Along the lateral forearm, over the snuffbox floor and between the heads of the first dorsal interosseous into the palm	Radial recurrent, carpal and superficial palmar branches; first dorsal metacarpal, princeps pollicis and radialis indicis vessels, with continuation into the deep arch	Parts of the forearm and wrist, deep palm, thumb and adjacent hand territories through communicating arterial networks	not recorded

Organs

Organs - Upper Limb Sheet. Every upper limb structure on one sheet - muscles, bones, nerves, vessels and the rest, each type in its own table with its own columns.
Organ	Location	Parts	Relations	Blood supply	Innervation	Venous/Lymphatic drainage	Function
Axillary lymph nodes^2,3,4	Within axillary fat, around regional vessels and toward the axillary apex	Pectoral, subscapular, humeral, central and apical groups; surgical levels I-III use a different grouping	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Apical efferent vessels form the subclavian trunk; it may join a major lymphatic duct or enter the veins directly near the neck root	Expose incoming lymph to immune cells and help filter material from regional tissues

Built from the upper limb records of the AnatoMemory reference library.

No "Drains to" value is recorded for this structure in the reference data.
No "Relations" value is recorded for this structure in the reference data.
No "Blood supply" value is recorded for this structure in the reference data.
No "Innervation" value is recorded for this structure in the reference data.

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