Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Ring

Tendons:
Origin:
HUMERAL head from the
common flexor tendon origin
at the
medial epicondyle
ULNAR head from the coronoid process of the
Ulna
RADIAL head from the oblique line of the
Radius
and from the
superficialis arch
Insertion: radial and ulnar palmar margins of the ring middle phalanx
Ring Middle Phalanx
Function: flexion of the ring finger
PIP joint,
the
MCP joint
(only after flexion has been initiated) and the
Wrist,
weakly, along with other
muscles which flex the wrist
Nerve: Median Nerve
Artery:
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