Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Innervation | Action |
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Capitate bone
Muscular attachments
Note
As demonstrated above, there are no muscles, in this database, whose distal insertion inclues the capitate bone.
Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Innervation | Action |
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Adductor pollicis | 3rd MCP (plantar surface) Capitate 2-3rd metacarpal base |
Base of 1st proximal phalanx (ulnar sesamoid) | Ulnar n. C8 - T1 |
CMC: Adduction 1st MCP: Flexion |
Flexor pollicis brevis | Flexor retinaculum Capitate Trapezium |
1st proximal phalanx via radial sesamoid | Median n. Ulnar n. C8 - T1 |
CMC: Flexion |
References
1.
Gray H. Anatomy of the Human Body. 20th ed. (Lewis WH, ed.). Lea & Febiger; 1918. https://www.bartleby.com/107/
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