Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
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Flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) is a muscle of the first layer of the anterior compartment of the forearm. It is one of the extrinsic muscles of the hand.
Summary
- origin
- insertion: base of 5th metacarpal; hook of hamate, pisiform
- arterial supply: posterior ulnar recurrent artery and ulnar artery
- innervation: ulnar nerve (C8-T1)
- action: flexion and adduction of the wrist joint
- pathology:calcific tendinitis which occurs at the insertion into pisiform
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variability: muscle can be doubled - accessory flexor carpi ulnaris, which can be often accompanied by concomitant variants
.Kunc's classification desribes three types and two subtypes based on the level of duplication and its insertion.
-<strong>variability: </strong>muscle can be doubled - accessory flexor carpi ulnaris, which can be often accompanied by concomitant variants.<sup> </sup>Kunc's classification desribes three types and two subtypes based on the level of duplication and its insertion.<sup>3</sup>- +<strong>variability: </strong>muscle can be doubled - accessory flexor carpi ulnaris, which can be often accompanied by concomitant variants <sup>3</sup>
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