BIOS1168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Brachial Artery, Flexor Carpi Radialis Muscle, Median Nerve
31 Jul 2018
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These begin in the interstitial space of capillary beds. They transport large molecules including protein from the interstitial space to the venous system usually at the superior vena cava. Lymph nodes are situated along vessels and contain lymphocytes which form part of the immune system and survey for foreign molecules. This is located in the axilla, ant it emerges behind the scalenus anterior. It is positioned laterally to the axillary vein and is surrounded by cords of the brachial plexus. This is the continuation of the axillary artery however becomes the brachial artery once it has left the axilla, one it has passed beyond teres major lower margin. It is located anteriorly in the arm, and can be compressed in the cubital fossa. It also lies between biceps and brachialis with the median nerve in the arm, but at the cubital fossa it is medial to the biceps tendon and lateral to the median nerve.
