• anatomy, the extensor pollicis longus muscle (EPL) is a skeletal muscle located dorsally on the forearm. It is much larger than the extensor pollicis brevis...
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  • longus muscle Flexor pollicis longus muscle Flexor pollicis longus muscle Flexor pollicis longus muscle Flexor pollicis longus muscle This article incorporates...
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    the lateral border of the radius, beneath the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis; it then passes beneath the dorsal carpal ligament...
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  • pollicis longus muscle Abductor pollicis longus muscle Abductor pollicis longus muscle Muscle of the hand. Posterior view. Extensor pollicis longus De Quervain...
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    the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus to join the lateral portion of the flexor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicis brevis. The transverse head...
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    palmaris longus tendon when ruptured are the long flexors of the fingers and the flexor pollicis longus tendon. The palmaris longus muscle itself is...
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    the extensor pollicis longus or abductor pollicis longus muscle. In a close relationship to the abductor pollicis longus, the extensor pollicis brevis...
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  • Extensor pollicis muscle may refer to: Extensor pollicis longus muscle, a skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm Extensor pollicis brevis muscle...
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  • Pollicis longus muscle may refer to: Abductor pollicis longus muscle Extensor pollicis longus muscle Flexor pollicis longus muscle This disambiguation...
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  • Extensor longus muscle may refer to: Extensor digitorum longus muscle Extensor hallucis longus muscle Extensor pollicis longus muscle This disambiguation...
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  • radialis longus, and accompanies it to the wrist; it passes beneath the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis, beneath the extensor retinaculum...
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    (Flexor pollicis brevis visible at center right, near thumb.) Caput profundum of the Flexor pollicis brevis muscle Flexor pollicis brevis muscle Bones of...
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    of the hand Palmar interossei of thumb Extensor pollicis brevis (proximal phalange) Extensor pollicis longus (distal phalange) of thigh/femur at hip...
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    of the dorsal forearm, placed medial to, and parallel with, the extensor pollicis longus. Its tendon goes to the index finger, which it extends. It arises...
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    branch of the radial nerve (C8-T1). The tendons of the extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis form what is known as the anatomical snuff box...
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    lumbrical muscles to form the extensorhood mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the...
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    muscle Supinator muscle — deep branch of radial nerve Abductor pollicis longus muscle Extensor pollicis brevis muscle Extensor pollicis longus muscle...
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  • because it acts on the hand while its muscle belly is located in the forearm. Together the flexor pollicis longus, pronator quadratus, and flexor digitorum...
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    downward to the supinator, the abductor pollicis longus, the extensor pollicis longus, and the extensor indicis proprius. The medial surface (facies medialis;...
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    beneath the extensor retinaculum: (1st) abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons, (2nd) extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis...
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    and intrinsic muscle groups. The extrinsic muscle groups are the long flexors and extensors. They are called extrinsic because the muscle belly is located...
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    (ECRB), extensor digitorum (ED), extensor digiti minimi (EDM), extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU), abductor pollicis longus (APL), extensor pollicis brevis (EPB)...
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    Thumb (redirect from Pollicis)
    autapomorphic, meaning each muscle is found in one or more non-human primates. The extensor pollicis brevis and flexor pollicis longus allow modern humans to...
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    proprius to the extensor pollicis longus in an Indian cadaver. In many species of New World monkeys, a muscle similar to the extensor pollicis et indicis communis...
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    paralysis of the muscles served by this nerve (the extensor muscles and the abductor pollicis longus.) Many possible causes are known for this nerve syndrome...
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  • In anatomy, the thumb extensors are: extensor pollicis longus muscle extensor pollicis brevis muscle This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    Abductor pollicis longus above, and the extensor pollicis brevis muscle below. Its lower third is broad, convex, and covered by the tendons of the muscles which...
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    vestigial muscles that are present in some people but absent in others, such as the palmaris longus muscle. There are between 600 and 840 muscles within...
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    adductor pollicis, it is inserted on the base of the thumb's proximal phalanx together with adductor pollicis. The "pollical" palmar interosseous muscle (PPIM)...
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    importance) extensor carpi radialis longus, abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis longus, flexor carpi radialis, and flexor pollicis longus. Ulnar adduction...
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