Flexor pollicis brevis muscle
The flexor pollicis brevis muscle is a muscle of the thenar eminence and is distal to the abductor pollicis brevis, and is one of the intrinsic muscles of the hand.
Summary
- origin: tubercle of the trapezium and flexor retinaculum
- insertion: proximal phalanx of the thumb
- action: flexes thumb at metacarpophalangeal joint
- arterial supply: superficial palmar arch
- innervation: recurrent branch of median nerve
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Musculus flexor pollicis brevis:
