Hand Muscles Flashcards
Origin of Oppennes pollicis
- Scaphoid tubercle
- Trapezium tubercle
Insertion of Oppennes pollicis
Lateral side of 1st metacarpal
What does the Oppennes pollicis do?
Opposes thumb
What innervates the Oppennes pollicis?
Median Nerve
Origin of Abductor Pollicis Brevis
- Scaphoid Tubercle
- Trapezium Tubercle
Insertion of abductor Pollicis Brevis
Lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of thumb
What does the abductor Pollicis Brevis do?
Abducts thumb
What innervates the abductor pollicis brevis
Median Nerve
Origin of the flexor pollicis brevis
- Scaphoid Tubercle
- Trapezium Tubercle
Insertion of the flexor pollicis brevis
Lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of thumb
What does the flexor pollicis brevis do?
flexes the thumb
What innervates the flexor pollicis brevis?
Ulnar Nerve
Origin of the adductor pollicis
bases of 2nd and 3rd metacarpals, capitate, and adjacent carpals
anterior surface of body of 3rd metacarpal
Insertion of the adductor pollicis
Medial side of base of proximal phalanx of thumb
What does the adductor pollicis do?
Adducts thumb toward lateral border of palm
What innervates the adductor pollicis?
Ulnar Nerve