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The '''Flexor pollicis brevis muscle''' is a [[muscle]] of the [[human body]].
The '''Flexor pollicis brevis''' consists of two portions, lateral and medial.

The lateral and more superficial portion arises from the lower border of the [[transverse carpal ligament]] and the lower part of the ridge on the greater [[multangular]] bone; it passes along the radial side of the tendon of the [[Flexor pollicis longus]], and, becoming tendinous, is inserted into the radial side of the base of the first [[phalanx]] of the [[thumb]]; in its tendon of insertion there is a [[sesamoid]] bone.

The medial and deeper portion of the muscle is very small, and arises from the ulnar side of the first metacarpal bone between the [[Adductor pollicis]] (obliquus) and the lateral head of the first Interosseous dorsalis, and is inserted into the ulnar side of the base of the first phalanx with the [[Adductor pollicis]] (obliquus).

The medial part of the Flexor brevis pollicis is sometimes described as the first Interosseous volaris.


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Flexor pollicis brevis muscle
The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface.
Details
Nervemedian nerve
Identifiers
TA98A04.6.02.055
TA22522
FMA37378
Anatomical terms of muscle

The Flexor pollicis brevis consists of two portions, lateral and medial.

The lateral and more superficial portion arises from the lower border of the transverse carpal ligament and the lower part of the ridge on the greater multangular bone; it passes along the radial side of the tendon of the Flexor pollicis longus, and, becoming tendinous, is inserted into the radial side of the base of the first phalanx of the thumb; in its tendon of insertion there is a sesamoid bone.

The medial and deeper portion of the muscle is very small, and arises from the ulnar side of the first metacarpal bone between the Adductor pollicis (obliquus) and the lateral head of the first Interosseous dorsalis, and is inserted into the ulnar side of the base of the first phalanx with the Adductor pollicis (obliquus).

The medial part of the Flexor brevis pollicis is sometimes described as the first Interosseous volaris.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 461 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)