adductor muscle of thumb
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adductor muscle — ▪ anatomy any of the muscles that draw a part of the body toward its median line or toward the axis of an extremity (compare abductor muscle), particularly three powerful muscles of the human thigh adductor longus, adductor brevis, and… … Universalium
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Adductor pollicis muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Adductor pollicis muscle Latin = musculus adductor pollicis GraySubject = 126 GrayPage = 462 Caption = The muscles of the thumb. (Adductor pollicis transversus is red band at bottom, and adductor pollicis obliquus is red… … Wikipedia
adductor pollicis — adductor pol·li·cis päl ə səs, ə kəs n a muscle of the hand with two heads that adducts the thumb by bringing it toward the palm called also adductor pollicis muscle … Medical dictionary
musculus adductor pollicis — [TA] adductor muscle of thumb (2 heads): origin, CAPUT OBLIQUUM—sheath of flexor carpi radialis, palmar ligaments of carpus, capitate bone, and bases of second and third metacarpals, CAPUT TRANSVERSUM—lower two thirds of anterior surface of… … Medical dictionary
Thumb — For other uses, see Thumb (disambiguation). Thumb The Thumb. Latin pollex, digitus primus, digitus I Artery … Wikipedia
Congenital clasped thumb — Infant’s persistent thumb clutched hand,[1] flexion adduction deformity of the thumb,[2] pollex varus,[3] thumb in the hand deformity.[4] … Wikipedia
abductor muscle — any of the muscles that cause movement of a limb away from the midplane of the body or away from a neighbouring part or limb (compare adductor muscle), as in raising the arms to the side (effected by the deltoideus muscle) or spreading the… … Universalium
Flexor pollicis brevis muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Flexor pollicis brevis muscle Latin = musculus flexor pollicis brevis GraySubject = 126 GrayPage = 461 Caption = The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface. (Flexor pollicis brevis visible at center right, near thumb.)… … Wikipedia
Abductor pollicis brevis muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Abductor pollicis brevis muscle Latin = musculus abductor pollicis brevis GraySubject = 126 GrayPage = 461 Caption = Abductor pollicis brevis visible at center right. Origin = Transverse carpal ligament, the scaphoid and… … Wikipedia
