Tags: Anatomical Structure, Muscle.
Pronator quadratus is a square shaped muscle on the distal forearm that acts to pronate (turn so the palm faces downwards) the hand.As it is on the anterior side of the arm it is innervated by a branch of the median nerve the anterior interosseous nerve (roots C8 and T1 with T1 being primary). Arterial blood comes via the interosseous artery.