| flexor pollicis brevis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, superficial portion from flexor retinaculum of wrist, deep portion from ulnar side of first metacarpal bone; insertion, base of proximal phalanx of thumb; action, flexes proximal phalanx of thumb; nerve supply, median (superficial head) and deep branch of ulnar (deep head). Some authors consider the deep head to be the first in a series of four palmar interossei muscles of the hand. Synonym: musculus flexor pollicis brevis, short flexor muscle of thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flexor pollicis longus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior surface of middle third of radius; insertion, distal phalanx of thumb; action, flexes distal phalanx of thumb; nerve supply, median palmar interosseous. Synonym: musculus flexor pollicis longus, long flexor muscle of thumb, musculus flexor longus pollicis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus | <anatomy> A muscle. For histologic description, see muscle. Synonym: muscle. Origin: L. A little mouse, a muscle, fr. Mus (mur-), a mouse (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus abductor digiti minimi manus | 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) |
| musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis | 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) |
| musculus abductor digiti quinti | 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) |
| musculus 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) |
| musculus anconeus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, back of lateral condyle of humerus; insertion, olecranon process and posterior surface of ulna; action, extends forearm and abducts ulna in pronation of wrist; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus anconeus, anconeus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus antitragicus | <anatomy> A band of transverse muscular fibres on the outer surface of the antitragus, arising from the border of the intertragic notch and inserted into the anthelix and cauda helicis. Synonym: musculus antitragicus, muscle of antitragus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus articularis | <anatomy> A muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint, acting to retract the capsule in certain movements. Synonym: musculus articularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus articularis cubiti | <anatomy> The name applied to a small slip of the medial head of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow joint. Synonym: musculus articularis cubiti, articular muscle of elbow, subanconeus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus articularis genus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower fourth of anterior surface of shaft of femur; insertion, suprapatellar bursa of knee joint; action, retracts suprapatellar bursa, during extension of knee; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus articularis genus, articular muscle of knee, Dupre's muscle, subcrural muscle, subcruralis, subcrureus, subquadricipital muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus aryepiglotticus | <anatomy> The fibres of the oblique arytenoid muscle that extend from the summit of the arytenoid cartilage to the side of the epiglottis; action, constricts the laryngeal aperture. Synonym: musculus aryepiglotticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus arytenoideus obliquus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, muscular process of arytenoid cartilage; insertion, summit of arytenoid cartilage of opposite side and continuing as the aryepiglottic muscle in the aryepiglottic fold to the epiglottis; action, narrows the interarytenoid portion of the rima glottidis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal. Synonym: musculus arytenoideus obliquus, arytenoideus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus arytenoideus transversus | <anatomy> A band of muscular fibres passing between the two arytenoid cartilages posteriorly; action, narrows the intercartilaginous portion of the rima glottidis; nerve supply, recurrent laryngeal. Synonym: musculus arytenoideus transversus, arytenoideus. (05 Mar 2000) |