Opponens Digiti Minimi : Muscle Detail

Opponens Digiti Minimi : Muscle Detail

OPPONENS DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE : The opponens digiti minimi is a muscle in the hand.It is of a triangular form, and placed immediately beneath the palmaris brevis, abductor digiti minimi and flexor digiti minimi brevis. It is one of the three hypothenar muscles that control the little finger. It arises from the convexity of the…

PALMARIS BREVIS : Muscle Detail

PALMARIS BREVIS : Muscle Detail

PALMARIS BREVIS MUSCLE : Palmaris brevis is a thin quadrilateral muscle. it’s placed beneath the integument of the ulnar side of the hand. it is act to fold the skin of the hypothenar eminance transversally. ORIGIN : flexor retinaculum and palmar apponeurosis INSERTION : palm NERVE SUPPLY : superficial branch of ulnar nerve ACTION/EXERCISE :…

EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS : Muscle Detail

EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS : Muscle Detail

EXTENSOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE : In human anatomy, the extensor carpi ulnaris is a skeletal muscle located on the ulnar side of the forearm. Muscle  action is  to extend and Ulnar Deviation at the wrist from anatomical position. Extensor carpi ulnaris is on the posterior side of the forearm. ORIGIN : Lateral epicondyle of humerus…