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  2. Dorsal interossei of the hand - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the dorsal interossei (DI) are four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from the hand's midline (ray of middle finger) and assist in flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extension at the interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers.

  3. Myotome - Wikipedia

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    A myotome is the group of muscles that a single spinal nerve innervates. [1] Similarly a dermatome is an area of skin that a single nerve innervates with sensory fibers. Myotomes are separated by myosepta (singular: myoseptum). [2] In vertebrate embryonic development, a myotome is the part of a somite that develops into muscle.

  4. Median nerve palsy - Wikipedia

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    For patients with low median nerve palsy, it has been shown that the flexor digitorum superficialis of the long and ring fingers or the wrist extensors best approximate the force and motion that is required to restore full thumb opposition and strength. This type of transfer is the preferred method for median nerve palsy when both strength and ...

  5. Anatomical terms of motion - Wikipedia

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    Abduction is a motion that pulls a structure or part away from the midline of the body, carried out by one or more abductor muscles. In the case of fingers and toes, it is spreading the digits apart, away from the centerline of the hand or foot. [ 15 ]

  6. Myotome (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Myotome (anatomy)

  7. Thumb - Wikipedia

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    Other researchers use another definition, [4] referring to opposition-apposition as the transition between flexion-abduction and extension-adduction; the side of the distal thumb phalanx thus approximated to the palm or the hand's radial side (side of index finger) during apposition and the pulp or "palmar" side of the distal thumb phalanx ...

  8. Myotome (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Myotome is the group of muscles that a single spinal nerve root innervates. Myotome may also refer to: Myotome (embryology), part of a somite that forms the muscles of the animal; My-Otome, an anime series created by Sunrise My-Otome, originally published from 2005 to 2006

  9. Transmission (BitTorrent client) - Wikipedia

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    Transmission allows users to quickly download files from multiple peers on the Internet and to upload their own files. [7] By adding torrent files via the user interface, users can create a queue of files to be downloaded and uploaded. Within the file selection menus, users can customise their downloads at the level of individual files.