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Adductor pollicis muscle lies deep to thenar muscles | Adductor pollicis muscle lies deep to thenar muscles. It has two heads, oblique head and the transverse head. <ref name=":0">Chaurasia BD. BD Chaurasia's Human Anatomy. CBS Publishers & Distributors PVt Ltd.; 2010. p112-13.</ref> | ||
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Description[edit | edit source]
Adductor pollicis muscle lies deep to thenar muscles. It has two heads, oblique head and the transverse head. [1]
Origin[edit | edit source]
- Oblique head originates from bases of 2nd-3rd metacarpals
- Transverse head originates from shaft of 3rd metacarpal [1]
Insertion[edit | edit source]
Base of proximal phalanx of thumb on its medial aspect [1]
Nerve[edit | edit source]
Deep branch of ulnar nerve. It ends in this muscle [1][2]
Artery[edit | edit source]
Deep palmar arch
Main trunk of the radial artery passes into the palm between the oblique and transverse heads of the adductor pollicis to form the deep palmar arch[1] [2]
Function[edit | edit source]
Adduction of thumb
Clinical relevance[edit | edit source]
Assessment[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chaurasia BD. BD Chaurasia's Human Anatomy. CBS Publishers & Distributors PVt Ltd.; 2010. p112-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sinnatamby CS. Last's Anatomy, International Edition: Regional and Applied. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2011 Apr 19.
- ↑ Adductor pollicis MMT. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaIuVDE0Nw0&pbjreload=101&ab_channel=BallStateAthleticTraining[Last accessed 19/10/2020]