Palmaris brevis muscle
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| Palmaris brevis muscle | ||
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| The muscles of the left hand. Palmar surface. (Palmaris brevis visible at center left.) | ||
| Latin | musculus palmaris brevis | |
| Gray's | subject #126 463 | |
| Origin: | flexor retinaculum (medial), palmar aponeurosis | |
| Insertion: | palm | |
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| Nerve: | superficial branch of ulnar nerve | |
| Action: | wrinkle skin of palm | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12550063 | |
The Palmaris brevis is a thin, quadrilateral muscle, placed beneath the integument of the ulnar side of the hand.
It arises by tendinous fasciculi from the transverse carpal ligament and palmar aponeurosis; the fleshy fibers are inserted into the skin on the ulnar border of the palm of the hand.
The muscle is innervated by the superficial branch of the ulnar nerve , containing fibers from the eighth cervical and first thoracic nerves.
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 The palmar aponeurosis. |
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