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  2. Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of hand - Wikipedia

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    The flexor digiti minimi brevis is one of three muscles in the hypothenar muscle group. These three muscles form the fleshy mass at the base of the little finger, and are solely concerned with the movement of digit V. The other two muscles that make up the hypothenar muscle group are the abductor digiti minimi and the opponens digiti minimi. In ...

  3. Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of foot - Wikipedia

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    The flexor digiti minimi brevis (flexor brevis minimi digiti, flexor digiti quinti brevis) lies under the metatarsal bone on the little toe, and resembles one of the interossei. It arises from the base of the fifth metatarsal bone , and from the sheath of the fibularis longus ; its tendon is inserted into the lateral side of the base of the ...

  4. Muscles of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum profundus (half), palmaris brevis, flexor digiti minimi, abductor digiti minimi, opponens digiti minimi, adductor pollicis, flexor pollicis brevis (deep head), palmar and dorsal interossei, and third and fourth lumbricals.

  5. Hypothenar eminence - Wikipedia

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    The muscles of hypothenar eminence are from medial to lateral: Opponens digiti minimi; Flexor digiti minimi brevis; Abductor digiti minimi; The intrinsic muscles of hand can be remembered using the mnemonic, "A OF A OF A" for, Abductor pollicis brevis, Opponens pollicis, Flexor pollicis brevis (the three thenar muscles), Adductor pollicis, and the three hypothenar muscles, Opponens digiti ...

  6. Little finger - Wikipedia

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    There are nine muscles that control the fifth digit: Three in the hypothenar eminence, two extrinsic flexors, two extrinsic extensors, and two more intrinsic muscles: Hypothenar eminence: Opponens digiti minimi muscle; Abductor minimi digiti muscle (adduction from third palmar interossei)

  7. Metacarpophalangeal joint - Wikipedia

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    Flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus, lumbricals, and interossei, assisted in the case of the little finger by the flexor digiti minimi brevis: extensor digitorum communis, extensor indicis proprius, and extensor digiti minimi muscle: thumb: flexor pollicis longus and brevis: extensor pollicis longus and brevis

  8. Thenar eminence - Wikipedia

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    Abductor pollicis brevis abducts the thumb. This muscle is the most superficial of the thenar group. Flexor pollicis brevis, which lies next to the abductor, will flex the thumb, curling it up in the palm. (The flexor pollicis longus, which is inserted into the distal phalanx of the thumb, is not considered part of the thenar eminence.)

  9. List of flexors of the human body - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, flexor is a muscle that contracts to perform flexion (from the Latin verb flectere, to bend), [1] a movement that decreases the angle between the bones converging at a joint. For example, one's elbow joint flexes when one brings their hand closer to the shoulder , thus decreasing the angle between the upper arm and the forearm .