Muscles - Hand

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Muscles of the Hand

Abductor pollicis brevis
Origin
Flexor retinaculum, scaphoid, and trapezium
Insertion
Lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of thumb
Nerve
Median
Action
Abducts thumb

Flexor pollicis brevis
  • Flexor retinaculum and trapezium
  • Base of proximal phalanx of thumb
  • Median
  • Flexes thumb
  • Opponens pollicis
Flexor retinaculum and trapezium
  • Lateral side of first metacarpal
  • Median
  • Opposes thumb to other digits
Adductor pollicis
  • Capitate and bases of second and third metacarpals (oblique head); palmar surface of third
  • metacarpal (transverse head)
  • Medial side of base of proximal phalanx of the thumb
  • Ulnar
  • Adducts thumb
Palmaris brevis
  • Medial side of flexor retinaculum, palmar aponeurosis
  • Skin of medial side of palm
  • Ulnar
  • Wrinkles skin on medial side of palm
Abductor digiti minimi
  • Pisiform and tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris
  • Medial side of base of proximal phalanx of little finger
  • Ulnar
  • Abducts little finger
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
  • Flexor retinaculum and hook of hamate
  • Medial side of base of proximal phalanx of little finger
  • Ulnar
  • Flexes proximal phalanx of little finger
  • Opponens digiti minimi
Flexor retinaculum and hook of hamate
  • Medial side of fifth metacarpal
  • Ulnar
  • Opposes little finger
Lumbricals (4)
  • Lateral side of tendons of flexor digitorum profundus
  • Lateral side of extensor expansion
  • Median (two Flex metacarpophal lateral) and angeal joints ulnar (two and extend medial)
  • interphalangeal joints
Dorsal interossei (4) (bipennate)
  • Adjacent sides of metacarpal bones
  • Lateral sides of bases of proximal phalanges; extenso: expansion
  • Ulnar
  • Abduct fingers; flex metacarpophal angeal joints; extend interphalangeal joints
Palmar interossei (3) (unipennate)
  • Medial side of second metacarpal; lateral sides of fourth and fifth metacarpals
  • Bases of proximal phalanges in same sides as their origins; extensor expansion
  • Ulnar
  • Adduct fingers; flex metacarpophal angeal joints; extend interphalangeal joints



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