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<br/>ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS | <br/>ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS | ||
<br/>2. I: trapezium & 1st MC base. | <br/>1. O: oblique area of radius, ulna & interosseous membrane.2. I: trapezium & 1st MC base. | ||
<br/>3. NS: posterior interosseous branch of radial n. | <br/>3. NS: posterior interosseous branch of radial n. | ||
<br/>4. A: abducts thumb & wrist. <i>It can assist in abducting and flexing the wrist, producing a 'trick' flexion when other flexors are paralysed.</i> | <br/>4. A: abducts thumb & wrist. <i>It can assist in abducting and flexing the wrist, producing a 'trick' flexion when other flexors are paralysed.</i> | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 27 December 2022
SUMMARY
ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS
1. O: oblique area of radius, ulna & interosseous membrane.2. I: trapezium & 1st MC base.
3. NS: posterior interosseous branch of radial n.
4. A: abducts thumb & wrist. It can assist in abducting and flexing the wrist, producing a 'trick' flexion when other flexors are paralysed.
Image: Abductor pollicis longus muscle. Netter. (2014). Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition. 6th ed. Elsevier.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
