THENAR EMINENCE-ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS
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SUMMARY
1. O: flexor retinaculum & scaphoid tubercle. 2. I: lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of the thumb & tendon of the EPL.
3. NS: recurrent branch of the median n.
4. BS: superficial palmar branch of radial a.
5. A: abducts the thumb.
Image: Case courtesy of OpenStax College, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 44017 [Accessed 18 Apr. 2020].
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.
