The cubital fossa contains four main vertical structures from lateral to medial.
Cubital fossa floor and roof.
The antecubital fossa is a triangular space on the anterior aspect of the forearm.
Borders the floor of the cubital fossa is formed proximally by the brachialis and distally by the supinator muscle.
Within the roof runs the median cubital vein which can be accessed for venepuncture see clinical relevance below.
It is a space filled with different structures that makes up its content.
It has three boundaries borders and it also has a floor.
3 name muscles forming the floor of cubital fossa.
4 enumerate the contents of cubital fossa.
5 2 blood pressure is recorded by auscultating brachial artery in the cubital fossa.
The roof consists of skin and.
The cubital fossa is a triangular shaped depression located between the forearm and the arm on the anterior surface of the elbow with the apex of the triangle pointing distally.
It also has a floor and roof and it is traversed by structures which make up its contents.
The floor of the cubital fossa is formed proximally by the brachialis and distally by the supinator muscle.
2 enumerate the structures forming roof of cubital fossa.
It is also known as the antecubital because it lies anteriorly to the elbow.
Deep boundary floor brachialis and supinator muscles.
The roof of the fossa is formed by subcutaneous tissue.
Medially by pronator teres.
The triangular borders are formed.
The cubital fossa chelidon or elbow pit is the triangular area on the anterior view of the elbow of a human or other hominid animal.
Roof skin.
5 1 median cubital vein is the vein of choice for venipuncture.