Back عضلة مثنية قصيرة لإبهام اليد Arabic Múscul flexor curt del polze Catalan Musculus flexor pollicis brevis German ماهیچه کوتاه خمکننده شست دست Persian Muscle court fléchisseur du pouce French Músculo flexor curto do dedo polgar Galician השריר כופף האגודל הקצר HE Kratki pregibač palca (ruka) Croatian Rövid hüvelykujjhajlító izom Hungarian Muscolo flessore breve del pollice Italian
| Flexor pollicis brevis muscle | |
|---|---|
 Superficial muscles of the left hand, palmar view. | |
| Details | |
| Origin | Trapezium, flexor retinaculum |
| Insertion | Thumb, proximal phalanx |
| Artery | Superficial palmar arch |
| Nerve | Recurrent branch of the median nerve, deep branch of ulnar nerve (medial head) |
| Actions | Flexes the thumb at the first metacarpophalangeal joint |
| Antagonist | Extensor pollicis longus and brevis |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | musculus flexor pollicis brevis |
| TA98 | A04.6.02.055 |
| TA2 | 2522 |
| FMA | 37378 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
The flexor pollicis brevis is a muscle in the hand that flexes the thumb. It is one of three thenar muscles.[1][2] It has both a superficial part and a deep part.
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