DEEP FLEXORS OF FOREARM-FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS
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SUMMARY
1. O: anterior & medial surfaces of proximal 3/4 of the ulna & interosseous membrane. 2. Gives rise to 4 tendons which pass into the hand deep to the flexor retinaculum.
3. I: palmar base of the distal phalanges of the medial 4 fingers.
4. NS: medial half - ulnar n.; lateral half - median n.
5. A: flexion of the DIPJ of medial 4 fingers, assists with flexion of PIPJ & MCPJ of the medial 4 fingers and wrist.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 19 Nov. 2018].
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.
