Extensor_pollicis_brevis

Extensor pollicis brevis muscle

Extensor pollicis brevis muscle

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In human anatomy, the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) is a skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm. It lies on the medial side of, and is closely connected with, the abductor pollicis longus. The extensor pollicis brevis belongs to the deep group of the posterior fascial compartment of the forearm. It is a part of the lateral border of the anatomical snuffbox.

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Structure

The extensor pollicis brevis arises from the ulna distal to the abductor pollicis longus, from the interosseous membrane, and from the dorsal surface of the radius.[1]

Its direction is similar to that of the abductor pollicis longus, its tendon passing the same groove on the lateral side of the lower end of the radius, to be inserted into the base of the first phalanx of the thumb.

Variation

Absence; fusion of tendon with that of the extensor pollicis longus or abductor pollicis longus muscle.

Function

In a close relationship to the abductor pollicis longus, the extensor pollicis brevis both extends and abducts the thumb[1] at the carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints.[2]

Additional images

  • Anatomical snuff box
  • Bones of left forearm. Posterior aspect.
  • Bones of the left hand. Dorsal surface.
  • Tendons of forefinger and vincula tendina.
  • Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna.
  • Transverse section across the wrist and digits.
  • The mucous sheaths of the tendons on the back of the wrist.
  • The radial and ulnar arteries.
  • Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand.
  • Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
  • Muscle of the hand. Posterior view.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 455 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. [1]
    Platzer 2004, p. 168
  2. [2]
    "Thumb Articulations". ExRx.net.

Sources

  • Platzer, Werner (2004). Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol. 1: Locomotor System (5th ed.). Thieme. ISBN 3-13-533305-1.
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