View source for THENAR EMINENCE-ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS

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1. O: flexor retinaculum &amp; scaphoid tubercle. 2. I: lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of the thumb &amp; tendon of the EPL. 
<br/>3. NS: recurrent branch of the median n.
<br/>4. BS: superficial palmar branch of radial a.
<br/>5. A: abducts the thumb.
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<br/><b>Image:</b> Case courtesy of OpenStax College, [https://radiopaedia.org/ Radiopaedia.org]. From the case [https://radiopaedia.org/cases/44017 rID: 44017] [Accessed 18 Apr. 2020].


==Reference(s)==
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
<br/>Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.

[[Category:Thenar Eminence]]
[[Category:Upper Limb]]
[[Category:Anatomy]]