Flexor Digiti Minimi



Tendons:

Origin: the transverse carpal ligament and the hook of the hamate

Insertion: the ulnar base of the small finger proximal phalanx

Function: flexes both the small finger carpometacarpal joint and the small finger metacarpophalangeal joint

Nerve: the motor branch of the ulnar nerve

Artery: the deep volar branch of ulnar artery and the dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery

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Links to this page: Alphabetical Muscle Index | Brachial Plexus Lower Trunk Anterior Division | Brachial Plexus Lower Trunk | Brachial Plexus Medial Cord | Deep Volar Branch of Ulnar artery | Dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery | Fifth dorsal metacarpal artery | Flexor Digiti Minimi Tendons | Hamate | Hypothenar muscles All | Motor Branch of Ulnar Nerve | Muscles which produce MCP joint flexion | Nerve route to Flexor Digiti Minimi | Small Carpometacarpal Joint | Small Metacarpophalangeal Joint | Small Proximal Phalanx | Transverse carpal ligament | Distal Forearm Cross Sectional Anatomy |