Mobile wad

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Mobile wad
Posterior surface of the forearm. Superficial muscles. (Muscles of mobile wad visible at center left.)
Cross-section through the middle of the forearm. (Muscles of mobile wad visible at center left.)
Origin
Insertion
Artery:	radial artery
Nerve:	muscular branches of the radial nerve
Action:

The mobile wad (or mobile wad of Henry) is a group of the following three muscles found in the posterior compartment of the forearm:^[1]

• brachioradialis
• extensor carpi radialis brevis
• extensor carpi radialis longus

It is also sometimes known as the "lateral compartment" of the forearm.^[2]

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[edit] External links

• Description at orthopaediccare.net
• Picture at med.tufts.edu

v • d • e List of muscles of upper limbs VERTEBRAL COLUMN trapezius - latissimus dorsi - rhomboid (major, minor) - levator scapulae THORACIC WALLS pectoralis major - pectoralis minor - subclavius - serratus anterior SHOULDER deltoid - rotator cuff (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis) - teres major ARM anterior compartment: coracobrachialis - biceps brachii - brachialis posterior compartment: triceps brachii - anconeus FOREARM anterior compartment: superf. - pronator teres - palmaris longus - flexor carpi radialis - flexor carpi ulnaris - flexor digitorum superficialis anterior compartment: deep - pronator quadratus - flexor digitorum profundus - flexor pollicis longus posterior compartment: superf. - mobile wad (brachioradialis, extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis) - extensor digitorum, - extensor digiti minimi - extensor carpi ulnaris posterior compartment: deep - supinator - anatomical snuff box (abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis, extensor pollicis longus) - extensor indicis HAND lateral volar - thenar (opponens pollicis, flexor pollicis brevis, abductor pollicis brevis) - adductor pollicis medial volar - hypothenar (opponens digiti minimi, flexor digiti minimi brevis, abductor minimi digiti) - palmaris brevis intermediate - lumbrical - interossei (dorsal, palmar)