muscle: adductor pollicis

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Muskeln Flexor carpi ulnaris Flexor digitorum superficialis Palmaris brevis Abductor digiti minimi Flexor digiti minimi brevis Lumbricales Flexor digitorum profundus (Sehne) Flexor digitorum superficialis Flexor carpi radialis Palmaris longus Opponens pollicis Abductor pollicis transversus Flexor pollicis brevis Adduktor pollicis brevis

M. adductor pollicis

the two-headed thumb adductor lying with one head in the thenar
Origin: caput transversum (sometimes also referred to as adductor pollicis transversum): os metacarpale III over its entire length; caput obliquum: adjacent carpal bones
Attachment: ulnar sesamoid bone of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb
Antagonists:
Movement: extension in the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb and adduction of the same, participation in opposition