Resources and Support: Arm Anatomy Question

Arm Anatomy Question

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Topic: Arm Anatomy Question

Posted By: ChrisButton
Subject: Arm Anatomy Question
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 9:40pm

Hey guys, it's been a while.

Babble:
Since I've gone back to studying animation again I've had to put my terrible pixel art on hold. So in the mean time I've decided torture myself
with in depth anatomy until I'm on holidays again (soon).
I searched a few pages here on PixelJoint but I couldn't really find an
anatomy page.. so I thought it would be fitting to post my own topic.
I'm focusing on specific areas at a time, and I've almost completed the
study of the human arm. But I'm stumped with something..

Question:
How does the bicep connect to the scapula when they're on opposite sides?

Lame Excuse:
My internet is painfully slow (10kb/s and less), so Google Images is

out of the question. Wikipedia likes to work sometimes, but you can
only understand so much through text. And the diagrams that do load
cover the majority of the muscle with other muscles.

I hope someone can help. Thank you.

Replies:

Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 10:24pm

Here is a 23 kb image I found on Wikipedia that might help you.

I don't know much of anything about anatomy, but it seems that the bicep is attached to the scapula via tapering down to tendons that then attach to the bone... or to whatever it is that tendons attach themselves to.

EDIT: oops, and here is the URL: http://i.imgur.com/h9q3D.png

Posted By: ChrisButton
Date Posted: 21 June 2011 at 5:55am

Thanks a lot for the effort and reply.. but it still doesn't exactly answer

my query. What you said is true, and is the case for all muscles (the tendon thing). :-(

I just find it hard to understand because as we all know that the bicep brachii is obviously on the front of the arm - and the shoulder blade is at the back. I can't find out where/which path it takes to some how connect to the scapula.

Posted By: ChrisButton
Date Posted: 22 June 2011 at 7:21am

Thanks to Showtime this has been covered.

I couldn't wait until morning to check it out lol.
Goodnight.

Coracoid Process!