It also has a floor and roof and it is traversed by structures which make up its contents.
Cubital fossa floor and roof.
The roof of the fossa is formed by subcutaneous tissue.
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.
5 2 blood pressure is recorded by auscultating brachial artery in the cubital fossa.
The cubital fossa is triangular and thus has three borders along with an apex which is directed inferiorly.
Superiorly by an imaginary line between the medial and lateral epicondyles.
Deep boundary floor brachialis and supinator muscles.
It has three boundaries borders and it also has a floor.
Roof skin.
5 1 median cubital vein is the vein of choice for venipuncture.
The floor of the cubital fossa is formed proximally by the brachialis and distally by the supinator muscle.
Medially by pronator teres.
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.
The antecubital fossa is a triangular space on the anterior aspect of the forearm.
It is also known as the antecubital because it lies anteriorly to the elbow.
The cubital fossa contains four main vertical structures from lateral to medial.
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 is a space filled with different structures that makes up its content.
3 name muscles forming the floor of cubital fossa.
4 enumerate the contents of cubital fossa.
The triangular borders are formed.