Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle

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Flexor digitorum superficialis (flexor digitorum sublimis) is an extrinsic flexor muscle of the fingers. The bulk of the muscle is in the intermediate layer of the anterior compartment of the forearm.

Four long tendons come off this muscle, and travel through the carpal tunnel. They then attach to the base of the proximal phalanges on the four fingers. These tendons have a split, or a hole, at the end of them through which the tendons of flexor digitorum profundus will travel.

External links

• LUC [fds]
• UWASH [flexordigsuperficialis]

Muscles of the — — — — — LIST OF ALL MUSCLES

VERTEBRAL COLUMN: trapezius | latissimus dorsi | rhomboid major | rhomboid minor | levator scapulae | (Gray's [s121]) ANTERIOR AND LATERAL THORACIC WALLS: pectoralis major | pectoralis minor | subclavius | serratus anterior | (Gray's [s122]) SHOULDER: deltoid | rotator cuff (subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor) | teres major | (Gray's [s123]) ARM: coracobrachialis | biceps brachii | brachialis | triceps brachii | (Gray's [s124]) FOREARM: Volar super. | pronator teres | palmaris longus | flexor carpi radialis | flexor carpi ulnaris | flexor digitorum superficialis Volar deep | flexor digitorum profundus | flexor pollicis longus | pronator quadratus Dorsal super. | brachioradialis | extensor digitorum | extensor carpi radialis longus | extensor digiti minimi | extensor carpi radialis brevis | extensor carpi ulnaris | anconeus Dorsal deep | supinator | abductor pollicis longus | extensor pollicis brevis | extensor pollicis longus | extensor indicis | (Gray's [s125]) HAND: Lateral volar/thenar | abductor pollicis brevis | opponens pollicis | flexor pollicis brevis | adductor pollicis Medial volar/hypothenar | palmaris brevis | abductor minimi digiti | flexor brevis minimi digiti | opponens digiti minimi Intermediate | lumbrical | dorsal interossei | palmar interossei | (Gray's [s126])

 

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