Intrinsic muscles of the hand

The intrinsic muscles of the hand (also known as the small (or short) muscles of the hand) is a term used to refer to those muscles of the hand that structurally are wholly within the hand:

• palmaris brevis muscle
• lumbrical muscles
• palmar interossei muscles
• dorsal interossei muscles
• short muscles of the thumb
  • abductor pollicis brevis muscle
  • flexor pollicis brevis muscle
  • opponens pollicis muscle
  • adductor pollicis muscle
• short muscles of the little finger
  • abductor digiti minimi muscle
  • flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle
  • opponens digiti minimi muscle
• accessory muscles
  • accessory abductor digiti minimi muscle

See also

• extrinsic muscles of the hand