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  2. Posterior compartment of the forearm - Wikipedia

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    The supinator and the anconeus are the two extensor muscles in the posterior compartment of the forearm that do not pass through wrist extensor compartments. [ 3 ] The first compartment locating the most radial is occupied by the extensor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicis longus to insert to the thumb.

  3. List of extensors of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Extension usually results in straightening of the bones or body surfaces involved. For example, extension is produced by extending the flexed (bent) elbow. Straightening of the arm would require extension at the elbow joint. If the head is tilted all the way back, the neck is said to be extended.

  4. Extensor digitorum muscle - Wikipedia

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    The extensor digitorum muscle (also known as extensor digitorum communis) [2] is a muscle of the posterior forearm present in humans and other animals. It extends the medial four digits of the hand. Extensor digitorum is innervated by the posterior interosseous nerve, which is a branch of the radial nerve. [3]

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Lower limb, Foot, Dorsal, left/right calcaneus: toes: deep fibular nerve: extends digits 2, 3, and 4 flexor digitorum longus, flexor digitorum brevis: 2 1 extensor hallucis brevis: Lower limb, Foot, Dorsal, left/right calcaneus: base of proximal phalanx of big toe: deep fibular nerve: extends big toe: flexor hallucis brevis: 2 1 dorsal ...

  6. Muscles of the hand - Wikipedia

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    The radial nerve innervates the finger extensors and the thumb abductor; that is, the muscles that extend at the wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints (knuckles) and abduct and extend the thumb. The median nerve innervates the flexors of the wrist and digits, the abductors and opponens of the thumb, the first and second lumbricals. The ulnar ...

  7. Flexor digitorum profundus muscle - Wikipedia

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    It is considered an extrinsic hand muscle 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 profundus form the deep layer of ventral forearm muscles. [2] The muscle is named from Latin 'deep bender of the fingers'.

  8. Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle - Wikipedia

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    The pain worsens when a person moves their wrist with force. This pain intensifies because the extensor carpi ulnaris has an injury near the elbow area and as a person moves their arm, the muscle contracts, thus causing it to move over the medial epicondyle of the humerus. As a result, this causes irritation to the already existing injury.

  9. Extrinsic extensor muscles of the hand - Wikipedia

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    The ED inserts into the middle and distal phalanges to extend the fingers and wrist. Opposite the head of the second metacarpal bone, the EI joins the ulnar side of the ED tendon to extend the index finger. The EDM has a similar role for the little finger. The ECU inserts at the base of the 5th metacarpal to extend and