Flexor pollicis brevis muscle
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The flexor pollicis brevis muscle is a muscle of the thenar eminence and is distal to the abductor pollicis brevis.
Summary
- origin: tubercle of the trapezium and flexor retinaculum
- insertion: proximal phalanx of the thumb
- action: flexes thumb at metacarpophalangeal joint
- arterial supply:superficial palmar arch
- innervation: recurrent branch of median nerve
-<p>The <strong>flexor pollicis brevis </strong>muscle is a muscle of the <a title="Hypothenar eminence" href="/articles/hypothenar-eminence">thenar eminence</a> and is distal to the <a href="/articles/abductor-pollicis-brevis">abductor pollicis brevis</a>.</p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>- +<p>The <strong>flexor pollicis brevis </strong>muscle is a muscle of the <a title="Thenar eminence" href="/articles/thenar-eminence">thenar eminence</a> and is distal to the <a href="/articles/abductor-pollicis-brevis">abductor pollicis brevis</a>.</p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>
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