Image Based Question – 65135

The origin of the short head of the muscle represented by an arrow in the picture below is?

A. coracoid process at the top of the scapula.

B. coracoid process below the scapula.

C. supraglenoid tubercle just above the shoulder joint.

D. supraglenoid tubercle just below the shoulder joint.

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Ans;A. Coracoid process at the top of the scapula.

The muscle represented by an arrow in the picture above is biceps brachii.

• The biceps is a muscle in the upper arm with two heads, called the short head and the long head, which converge into a single mass.

• It is one of the three muscles in the anterior compartment of the arm.

• Both heads of the biceps arise from the scapula in the shoulder, and the muscle attaches to the radius (bone), in the forearm.

• Specifically, the short head of the biceps originates from the coracoid process at the top of the scapula.

• The long head originates from the supraglenoid tubercle just above the shoulder joint.