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thenar muscles
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Muscle | Origin | Insertion | action | innervation |
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ABductor pollicis brevis | Flexor retinaculum, the scaphoid, &trapezium | lateral proximal phalanx of thumb | abducts the thumb at CMC joint | medial nerve |
opponens pollicis (threading a needle) | Flexor retinaculum at the trapezium | 1st metacarpal- thumb | opposition at CMC joint | medial nerve |
Flexor pollicis brevis | , trapizium, capitate, & trapezoid | lateral proximal of thumb | flexes thumb at CMC & MCP joint | medial & ulnar nerve |
adductor pollicis | OBLIQUE head: capitate, 7 2nd - 3rd metacarpal TRANSVERSE head: 3rd metacarpal | medial side of proximal phalanx (sesamoid present) | adducts thumb at CMC & MCP joint | ulnar nerve |
abductor digiti minimi | pisiform & tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris | proximal phalange of little finger | abducts & flexes little finger at MCP joint | ulnar nerve |
flexor digiti minimi brevis | flexor retinaculum & hamate | proximal phalnge of little finger | flexes little finger at CMC & MCP joint | ulnar nerve |
opponens digiti minimi | flexor retinaculum & hamate | medial 5th metacarpal | little finger opposition | ulnar nerve |
Lumbricals | tendon of flexor digitorum profundus of each finger | tendon of extensor digitorum of proximal phalanges of each finger | flexes finger at MCP jt. & extends finger at IP jt. | ulnar nerve |
palmar interossei | sides of metacarpals EXCEPT MIDDLE ONE | sides of proximal phalanges of all digits | adducts & flex finger at MCP joint | ulnar nerve |
dorsal interossei | adjacent sides of metacarpals | proximal phalanx of each finger | abduct & flex fingers 2-4 at MCP, extend finger IP joint | ulnar nerve |