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Extensor pollicis brevis muscle

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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
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In a close relationship to the abductor pollicis longus, the extensor pollicis brevis both extends and abducts the thumb at the
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Absence; fusion of tendon with that of the extensor pollicis longus or abductor pollicis longus muscle.
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Posterior surface of the forearm. Deep muscles. (Extensor pollicis brevis visible at left.)
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Knowledge articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Front of right upper extremity. (Extensor pollicis brevis labeled at upper left.)
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The mucous sheaths of the tendons on the back of the wrist.
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Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna.
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Extensor pollicis brevis
anatomical terminology
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Origin
Radius
Interosseous membrane
Insertion
Thumb
proximal phalanx
Artery
Posterior interosseous artery
Nerve
Posterior interosseous nerve
Actions
Extension
thumb
metacarpophalangeal joint
Antagonist
Flexor pollicis longus muscle
flexor pollicis brevis muscle
Latin
TA98
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TA2

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