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Image = Musculusflexorpollicisbrevis.png | |
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Caption = The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface. (Flexor pollicis brevis visible at center right, near thumb.) | |
Caption = The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface. (Flexor pollicis brevis visible at center right, near thumb.) | |
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Origin = [[Trapezium bone|trapezium]], [[flexor retinaculum]] | |
Origin = [[Trapezium bone|trapezium]], [[Flexor retinaculum of the hand|flexor retinaculum]] | |
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Insertion = [[thumb]], [[Proximal phalanges|proximal phalanx]] | |
Insertion = [[thumb]], [[Proximal phalanges|proximal phalanx]] | |
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Action = Flexes the thumb at the first [[metacarpophalangeal joint]]| |
Action = Flexes the thumb at the first [[metacarpophalangeal joint]]| |
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==Origin and insertion== |
==Origin and insertion== |
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The muscle's superficial part arises from the distal edge of the [[flexor retinaculum of the hand|flexor retinaculum]] and the tubercle of the [[trapezium]], a bone in the wrist. It passes along the radial side of the tendon of the [[Flexor pollicis longus muscle|flexor pollicis longus]], and, becoming [[tendon]]ous, is inserted into the radial side of the base of the proximal [[Phalanx bones|phalanx]] of the [[thumb]]; in its tendon of insertion there is a [[sesamoid]] bone. |
The muscle's superficial part arises from the distal edge of the [[flexor retinaculum of the hand|flexor retinaculum]] and the tubercle of the [[Trapezium (bone)|trapezium]], a bone in the wrist. It passes along the radial side of the tendon of the [[Flexor pollicis longus muscle|flexor pollicis longus]], and, becoming [[tendon]]ous, is inserted into the radial side of the base of the proximal [[Phalanx bones|phalanx]] of the [[thumb]]; in its tendon of insertion there is a [[sesamoid]] bone. |
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The deeper (and medial) portion of the muscle is very small, and arises from the [[ulna]]r side of the first [[metacarpal]] bone between the oblique part of the [[Adductor pollicis muscle|adductor pollicis]] and the lateral head of the first [[Dorsal interossei of the hand|dorsal interosseous muscle]], and is inserted into the ulnar side of the base of the first phalanx with the adductor pollicis. |
The deeper (and medial) portion of the muscle is very small, and arises from the [[ulna]]r side of the first [[metacarpal]] bone between the oblique part of the [[Adductor pollicis muscle|adductor pollicis]] and the lateral head of the first [[Dorsal interossei of the hand|dorsal interosseous muscle]], and is inserted into the ulnar side of the base of the first phalanx with the adductor pollicis. |
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Revision as of 20:35, 24 March 2012
| Flexor pollicis brevis muscle | |
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 The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface. (Flexor pollicis brevis visible at center right, near thumb.) | |
| Details | |
| Origin | trapezium, flexor retinaculum |
| Insertion | thumb, proximal phalanx |
| Artery | Superficial palmar arch |
| Nerve | Recurrent branch of the median nerve, deep branch of ulnar nerve (medial head) |
| Actions | Flexes the thumb at the first metacarpophalangeal joint |
| Antagonist | Extensor pollicis longus and brevis |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | musculus flexor pollicis brevis |
| TA98 | A04.6.02.055 |
| TA2 | 2522 |
| FMA | 37378 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
The flexor pollicis brevis is a muscle in the hand that flexes the thumb. It is one of three thenar muscles. It has both a superficial part and a deep part.
Origin and insertion
The muscle's superficial part arises from the distal edge of the flexor retinaculum and the tubercle of the trapezium, a bone in the wrist. It passes along the radial side of the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus, and, becoming tendonous, is inserted into the radial side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb; in its tendon of insertion there is a sesamoid bone.
The deeper (and medial) portion of the muscle is very small, and arises from the ulnar side of the first metacarpal bone between the oblique part of the adductor pollicis and the lateral head of the first dorsal interosseous muscle, and is inserted into the ulnar side of the base of the first phalanx with the adductor pollicis.
The deep (medial) part of the flexor brevis pollicis is sometimes described as the first palmar interosseous muscle. When this muscle is included, the total number of palmar interossei is four. Otherwise, there are only three palmar interossei.
Innervation
The flexor pollicis brevis is mostly innervated by the recurrent branch of the median nerve (C8, T1). The deep part is often innervated by the deep branch of the ulnar nerve.
Blood Supply
The flexor pollicis brevis receives its blood supply from the superficial palmar arch.
Action
The flexor pollicis brevis flexes the thumb at the first metacarpophalangeal joint.
Additional images
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Flexor pollicis brevis muscle -
Bones of the left hand. Volar surface. -
Front of the left forearm. Deep muscles. -
Transverse section across the wrist and digits. -
Superficial palmar nerves. -
Deep palmar nerves.
External links
- Template:MuscleLoyola
- . GPnotebook https://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=228196359.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 461 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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