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left palmaris longus

3D model: left palmaris longus — 3D models: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 International

In 2 atlases

Definition

muscle of the upper limb

Source: Wikidata · Licence: CC0-1.0

Description from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org/), available under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

Relations

Origin: medial epicondyle of the humerus, left antebrachial fascia
Insertion: flexor retinaculum of left wrist, left palmar aponeurosis
Action: flexion of the wrist joint
Innervation: left median nerve

Neighbouring structures

right palmaris longus

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Wikipedia (English)

Identifiers

FMA: 38464
Wikidata: Q66527643