Hand Muscles Flashcards
1
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Abductor Pollicis Brevis
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Origin: scaphoid, trapezium, flexor retinaculum
Insertion: proxinal phalanx of pollex
Action: abducts pollex
2
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Abductor Pollicis Brevis
3
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Opponens Pollicis
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Origin: Trapezium, flexor retinaculum
Insertion: 1st metacarpal
Action: opposition
4
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Opponens Pollicis
5
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Flexor Pollicis Brevis
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Origin: Trapezium, flexor retinaculum
Insertion: Proximal Phalanx of Pollex
Action: Flexes Pollex
6
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Flexor Pollicis Brevis
7
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Adductor Pollicis
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Origin: capitate, bases of 2nd- 4th metacarpals
Insertion: proximal phalanx of pollex
Action: adducts pollex, opposition
8
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Adductor Pollicis