pronator teres

The pronator teres is a muscle of the human body (located mainly in the forearm) that, along with the pronator quadratus, serves to pronate the forearm (turning it so the palm faces posteriorly). [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the pronator teres is

The pronator teres is a muscle of the human body (located mainly in the forearm) that, along with the pronator quadratus, serves to pronate the forearm (turning it so the palm faces posteriorly). [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the pronator teres is

It sits in the upper limb, within the muscular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the pronator teres connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of forelimb.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: median nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as musculus pronator teres and pronator teres muscle. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001520, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: forelimb.
• A kind of: forelimb muscle.
• originates from: coronoid process of ulna and entepicondyle of humerus.
• antagonist of: supinator muscle.
• Innervated by: median nerve.
• inserts into: diaphysis of radius.

Questions

Where is the pronator teres?

It sits in the upper limb, within the muscular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the pronator teres connect to?

Part of: forelimb.

Is the pronator teres the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.