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Flexor pollicis longus - Flexes thumb (pollex) is Latin for thumb.
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What muscle will flex the hand?
There are several muscles involved in flexing the hand. - Palmaris longus (flexes hand) - Flexor carpi radialis (flexes and abducts hand) - Flexor carpi ulnaris (flexes and adducts hand) - Flexor digitorum superficialis (flexes proximal and middle phalanges, flexes hand) - Flexor digitorum profundus (flexes phalanges and hand) - Flexor pollicis longus (flexes thumb and hand) - Flexor pollicis brevis (flexes thumb) There are also a few more I did not include that flex specific digits of the hand
What muscles are used when giving a high five?
Lumbrical Muscles - flexes the fingers towards the palm Flexor Digitorum Superficialis - flexes the fingers towards the palm Flexor Digitorum Profundus - flexes the tips of the fingers towards the palm Opponens Pollicis - opposes the thumb
What muscles start with F?
Flexor digiti minimi brevis is a muscle that flexes the little finger. Frontalis is a facial muscle that wrinkles the eyebrow. FLexor pollicis brevis is a muscle that flexes the thumb.
What muscle flexes and abducts hand at the wrist?
There are several muscles involved in flexing the hand. - Palmaris longus (flexes hand) - Flexor carpi radialis (flexes and abducts hand) - Flexor carpi ulnaris (flexes and adducts hand) - Flexor digitorum superficialis (flexes proximal and middle phalanges, flexes hand) - Flexor digitorum profundus (flexes phalanges and hand) - Flexor pollicis longus (flexes thumb and hand) - Flexor pollicis brevis (flexes thumb) There are also a few more I did not include that flex specific digits of the hand
What is the Joint of the gastrocnemius?
It plantar flexes the foot at the ankle and flexes the leg at the knee.
What is the gastronemius muscle?
The gastronemius muscle is one of the calf muscles and it plantar flexes the foot or flexes the knee.
How do you know if you have 'good hair'?
Take a single strand of your hair and hold it between thumb and forefinger in both hands. slightly, gently stretch the hair strand back and forth and if it flexes without breaking then you have good strong hair.
What is a purpose of a joint?
its a joint that flexes
What are the actions of the soleus?
Plantar flexes the foot. (:
What is the primary purpose of a joint?
its a joint that flexes
What flexes thigh and extends leg?
Semitendinosus.
What is the only joint that flexes posteriorly?
The knee
