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Adductor Pollicis
Abstract
Adductor pollicis is a triangular muscle that shows a tendency to split into radial parts. The relative extent of the division and the closeness of their connection is variable. Occasionally, fasiculi are seen arising from the palmar metacarpophalangeal ligaments, forming a transversus manus (Hallett). Mori describes the variations of this muscle as follows: Origin : The transverse head arises from the third and fourth metacarpal bones in 76 %. The transverse head arises from the third metacarpal bone only in 24%. The Belly of the Muscle. Two heads are completely separated in 82%.
Adductor pollicis is a triangular muscle that shows a tendency to split into radial parts. The relative extent of the division and the closeness of their connection is variable. Occasionally, fasiculi are seen arising from the palmar metacarpophalangeal ligaments, forming a transversus manus (Hallett).
Mori describes the variations of this muscle as follows: Origin : The transverse head arises from the third and fourth metacarpal bones in 76 %. The transverse head arises from the third metacarpal bone only in 24%. The Belly of the Muscle. Two heads are completely separated in 82%. Two heads are incompletey separated in16%. The transverse head is divided into two layers in 2%. A contrahentes digitorum has been reported, which is usually present in amphibia and most mammals but usually absent in the gorilla, orangutan, and humans. When present in humans, it arises from the carpals or the base of the metacarpals and inserts on the head of the fourth and fifth metacarpals and phalanges. It adducts the fourth and fifth digits toward the midaxial line (third or middle digit). Its embryological development has been described. Although the muscle typically disappears as such, a part may persist and is incorporated into the adductor pollicis.
Syn.: mesothenar (Winslow).
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Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Muscular system
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