The flexor sublimis tendon of the ring finger is transplanted so that pull on the thumb is exerted in the direction of the origin of the abductor pollicis brevis.

The expanded label will now include the addition of two thumb muscles: flexor pollicis longus and adductor pollicis.

The patient presents with a flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon laceration. The FPL originates from the anterior radius and coronoid process and inserts at the distal phalanx of the thumb. The ...

The ring-finger sublimis can also be used to replace a flexor pollicis longus tendon in the thumb when tendon grafting is contraindicated or when the muscle of the flexor pollicis longus has been ...

Abductor pollicis longus and opponens pollicis both insert on the trapezium, allowing for the thumb to move side to side and reach across the palm to touch other fingers.

Flexor pollicis brevis The flexor pollicis brevis is also located above the opponens pollicis but is located on the inside of the thumb. It’s responsible for bending the thumb toward the pinky ...

Likewise, without the vice formed by the thumb overlapping the fingers, and its new powerful flexor pollicis longus muscle and the additional fat on the palms, an axe would easily slip from the ...

The muscles that begin in the forearm and travel to the thumb include the abductor pollicis longus (abducts the CMC joint), extensor pollicis brevis (extends thumb MCP joint), extensor pollicis longus ...

Deep layer The flexor digitorum profundus allows you to bend your ring, middle, index, and pinkie fingers. The flexor pollicis longus allows you to bend your thumb.

The purpose of this study was firstly, to describe a simple clinical tool that can be used to measure the extensibility of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) muscle; secondly, to test its ...