MEDICAL BIOLOGY, HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Ya.I. Fedoniuk 2010

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY

SECTION 2. THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM (THE MECHANISM OF MOVEMENT)

MUSCLES AND FASCIAE OF BODY PARTS

MUSCLES AND FASCIAE OF THE UPPER LIMB

The Muscles of the Upper Limb are divided into the muscles of the Pectoral Girdle and the Muscles of the Free Upper Limb. The muscles of the Free part of the upper limb are subdivided into the muscles of the arm, forearm, and hand.



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