“digiti minimi”

The following 4 entries include the term digiti minimi.

abductor digiti minimi

noun

: a muscle of the hand that abducts the little finger and flexes the phalanx nearest the hand

extensor digiti minimi

noun

: a slender muscle on the medial side of the extensor digitorum communis that extends the little finger

flexor digiti minimi brevis

noun

: a muscle of the ulnar side of the palm of the hand that flexes the little finger

opponens digiti minimi

noun

: a triangular muscle of the hand that arises from the hamate and adjacent flexor retinaculum, is inserted along the ulnar side of the metacarpal of the little finger, and functions to abduct, flex, and rotate the fifth metacarpal in opposing the little finger and thumb


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