Abductor Pollicis Brevis: Difference between revisions
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=== Nerve === | === Nerve === | ||
Median nerve C8, T1. | |||
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== Function == | == Function == | ||
It abducts the thumb at carpometacarpal joint. | |||
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Revision as of 08:43, 19 September 2020
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Description[edit | edit source]
Abductor pollicis brevis muscle is the most lateral and superficial of the three muscles forming the thenar emirence.
Origin[edit | edit source]
It takes its origin from the front of transverse carpal ligament, extending into the tubercles of scaphoid and trapezium with an occasional contribution from the tendon of abductor pollicis longus.
Insertion[edit | edit source]
Nerve[edit | edit source]
Median nerve C8, T1.
Artery[edit | edit source]
Function[edit | edit source]
It abducts the thumb at carpometacarpal joint.
