| ADQ | abductor digite quinte |
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| APB | abductor pollicis brevis; atrial premature beat |
| APL | abductor pollicis longus; accelerated painless labor; acute promyelocytic leukemia; animal placenta ... |
| APO | abductor pollicis obliguus; acquired pendular oscillation; adriamycin, prednisone, vincristine; adve... |
| BAVCP | bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis |
| musculus opponens minimi digiti | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, hamulus of the hamate bone and transverse carpal ligament; insertion, shaft of fifth metacarpal; action, "cups" palm, drawing ulnar side of hand toward centre of palm; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus opponens digiti minimi, musculus opponens digiti quinti, musculus opponens minimi digiti, opposer muscle of little finger. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| abductor | <anatomy, neurology> Muscles which move a portion of the body away from the midline such as raising the arm out from your side. (27 Sep 1997) |
| abductor hallucis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial process of calcaneal tuberosity, flexor retinaculum, and plantar aponeurosis; insertion, medial side of proximal phalanx of great toe; action, abducts great toe; nerve supply, medial plantar. Synonym: musculus abductor hallucis, abductor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor muscle | <anatomy> Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor leg muscles serve to spread the legs. The opposite of abductor is adductor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abductor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial process of calcaneal tuberosity, flexor retinaculum, and plantar aponeurosis; insertion, medial side of proximal phalanx of great toe; action, abducts great toe; nerve supply, medial plantar. Synonym: musculus abductor hallucis, abductor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor muscle of little finger | Origin, pisiform bone and pisohamate ligament; insertion, medial side of base of proximal phalanx of the little finger; action, abducts and flexes little finger; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus abductor digiti minimi manus, abductor muscle of little finger, musculus abductor digiti quinti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor muscle of little toe | Origin, lateral and medial processes of calcanean tuberosity; insertion, lateral side of proximal phalanx of fifth toe; action, abducts and flexes little toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar nerve. Synonym: musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis, abductor muscle of little toe, musculus abductor digiti quinti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor pollicis brevis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum; insertion, lateral side of proximal phalanx of thumb; action, abducts thumb; nerve supply, median. Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis brevis, short abductor muscle of thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor pollicis longus | <anatomy> Origin, interosseous membrane and posterior surfaces of radius and ulna; insertion, lateral side of base of first metacarpal bone; action, abducts and assists in extending thumb; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis longus, long abductor muscle of thumb, musculus extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short abductor muscle of thumb | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum; insertion, lateral side of proximal phalanx of thumb; action, abducts thumb; nerve supply, median. Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis brevis, short abductor muscle of thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tendon sheath of abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles | The synovial sheath lining the compartment of the extensor retinaculum that contains the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons. Synonym: vagina tendinum musculorum abductoris longi et extensoris brevis pollicis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long abductor muscle of thumb | <anatomy> Origin, interosseous membrane and posterior surfaces of radius and ulna; insertion, lateral side of base of first metacarpal bone; action, abducts and assists in extending thumb; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis longus, long abductor muscle of thumb, musculus extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagina tendinis musculi extensoris digiti minimi | <anatomy> The synovial sheath surrounding the tendon of the extensor digiti minimi in its passage deep to the extensor retinaculum. Synonym: vagina tendinis musculi extensoris digiti minimi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| digiti | Plural of digitus. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| digiti hippocratici | An obsolete term for clubbed digits or fingers. See: clubbing. (05 Mar 2000) |