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Hypothenar

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The mucous sheaths of the tendons on the front of the wrist and digits. |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |

|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" | |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #126 ] |- style="vertical-align:top;" |Origin: |colspan="2"| |- style="vertical-align:top;" |Insertion: |colspan="2"| |- style="vertical-align:top;" | |colspan="2"| |- style="vertical-align:top;" |Nerve: |colspan="2"| |- style="vertical-align:top;" |Action: |colspan="2"|control movement of the little finger |- class="hiddenStructure" |Antagonist: |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} Hypothenar refers to a group of three muscles of the palm that control the motion of the little finger.

The three muscles are:

Disorders

"Hypothenar atrophy" is associate with the lesion of the ulnar nerve.

"Hypothenar hammer syndrome" is a common vascular occlusion.

See also

External links

Hypothenar eminence
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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