Flexor Pollicis Brevis



Images: Thenar atrophy

Tendons:

Origin: transverse carpal ligament and the Trapezium

Insertion: radial proximal base of the Thumb Proximal Phalanx and the thumb Radial MCP Sesamoid

Function: Flexes the thumb MCP joint and flexes/pronates the basal joint along with other muscles which produce thumb opposition

Nerve:

DEEP head: Motor Branch of Ulnar Nerve

SUPERFICIAL Head: Motor Branch of Median Nerve

Artery: Superficial Volar Branch of Radial artery

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Links to this page: Alphabetical Muscle Index | Brachial Plexus Lower Trunk | Flexor Pollicis Brevis Tendons | Motor Branch of Median Nerve | Motor Branch of Ulnar Nerve | Muscles of the thumb | Muscles Supplied by the C8,T1 component of the median nerve | Muscles which produce MCP joint flexion | Muscles which produce thumb opposition / pronation / radial deviation | Muscles which radially adduct the basal joint | Nerve route to Flexor Pollicis Brevis | Superficial Volar Branch of Radial artery | Thenar muscles All | Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint | Thumb Proximal Phalanx | Thumb Radial MCP Sesamoid | Transverse carpal ligament | Trapezium |