Flexor pollicis brevis muscle

Flexor pollicis brevis muscle

Superficial muscles of the left hand, palmar view.
Details
Origin trapezium, flexor retinaculum
Insertion thumb, proximal phalanx
Artery Superficial palmar arch
Nerve Recurrent branch of the median nerve, deep branch of ulnar nerve (medial head)
Actions Flexes the thumb at the first metacarpophalangeal joint
Antagonist Extensor pollicis longus and brevis
Identifiers
Latin musculus flexor pollicis brevis
TA A04.6.02.055
FMA 37378

Anatomical terms of muscle

The flexor pollicis brevis is a muscle in the hand that flexes the thumb. It is one of three thenar muscles. It has both a superficial part and a deep part.

Origin and insertion

The muscle's superficial head arises from the distal edge of the flexor retinaculum and the tubercle of the trapezium, the most lateral bone in the distal row of carpal bones. It passes along the radial side of the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus.

The deeper (and medial) head "varies in size and may be absent."[1] It arises from the trapezoid and capitate bones on the floor of the carpal tunnel, as well as the ligaments of the distal carpal row.[2]

Both heads become tendinous and insert together into the radial side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb; at the junction between the tendinous heads there is a sesamoid bone.[3]

Innervation

The superficial head is usually innervated by the lateral terminal branch of the median nerve. The deep part is often innervated by the deep branch of the ulnar nerve (C8, T1).[4]

Blood supply

The flexor pollicis brevis receives its blood supply from the superficial palmar branches of radial artery.[5]

Action

The flexor pollicis brevis flexes the thumb at the metacarpophalangeal joint, as well as flexion and medial rotation of the 1st metacarpal bone at the carpometacarpal joint.[6]

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ↑ Gray's 37th British Edition, p. 630"
  2. ↑ Gray's 37th British Edition, p. 630"
  3. ↑ Gray's Anatomy 1918, see infobox
  4. ↑ Gray's 37th British Edition, p. 630"
  5. ↑ "Brachium to Hand Musculature". PTCentral. Retrieved November 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ Gray's 37th British Edition, p. 630"


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