abductor pollicis longus

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abductor pollicis longus,

a muscle that originates from the proximal posterior surfaces of the radius and ulna and from the related interosseous membrane and forms a tendon that passes into the thumb and inserts on the lateral side of the base of the first metacarpal. Its major function is to abduct the thumb at the joint between the first metacarpal and trapezium bones.

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Quervain's disease sesamoid			There was evidence of synovitis in the intercarpal joints and tenosynovitis of the extensor pollicis brevis (Figure 3) and the abductor pollicis longus. Radiological case of the month: Maryam Golshan Momeni, MD, Arash ... by Maryam Golshan Momeni,; Arash Anavim,; Henry Tsai,; Jamshid Tehranzadeh, / Applied Radiology The pull of the adductor pollicis causes the distal portion of the thumb to displace toward the palm, while the base of the joint displaces in the opposite direction due to the pull of the abductor pollicis longus (Fig. Fractures of the hand and carpal navicular bone in athletes by Walsh, John J., IV / Southern Medical Journal			abdominoscopy abdominoscrotal abdominothoracic abdominothoracic arch abdominovaginal abdominovesical abduce abducens abducens muscle abducens nerve abducens oculi abducent abducent nerve abduct abducted abduction abduction boots abductor abductor digiti minimi of the foot abductor digiti minimi of the hand abductor hallucis abductor muscle of big toe abductor muscle of little finger abductor muscle of little toe abductor pollicis brevis abductor pollicis longus abductors ABECB Abell-Kendall method abembryonic ABER Aberdeen Angus Abernethy's sarcoma aberrancy aberrant Aberrant Claim aberrant conduction aberrant ductule aberrant goiter aberrant pigment metabolism aberrant regeneration aberrant ventricular conduction aberrated aberratio aberration aberroscope abetalipoproteinemia abeyance ABFP abfraction abfraction area			abductor digiti minimi of the foot abductor digiti minimi of the hand Abductor hallucis Abductor hallucis muscle abductor muscle abductor muscle abductor muscle abductor muscle of big toe abductor muscle of great toe abductor muscle of great toe abductor muscle of great toe abductor muscle of little finger abductor muscle of little finger abductor muscle of little finger abductor muscle of little toe abductor muscle of little toe abductor muscle of little toe abductor muscle of thumb, long abductor muscle of thumb, long abductor muscle of thumb, long abductor muscle of thumb, short abductor muscle of thumb, short abductor muscle of thumb, short Abductor muscles Abductor muscles Abductor muscles Abductor pollicis brevis Abductor pollicis brevis Abductor pollicis brevis muscle Abductor pollicis brevis muscle abductor pollicis longus Abductor pollicis longus muscle Abductor-type Spasmodic Dysphonia Abductors Abductors Abductors Abductors Abductory Inductive Mechanism abducts abducts abducts abducts ABDUF Abduh, Muhammad Abdukadyrov, Kalmakan Abdukadyrov, Kalmakan Abdukadyrovich Abdül Aziz Abdul Chermoev Abdul Fatah Abdul Fattah Ismail Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation Abdül Hamid Abdul Hamid I Abdul Hamid II Abdul Hamid II Abdul Jalil Financial Group Abdul Kalam, A P J Abdul Karim Kassem Abdul Latif Jameel Co. Ltd. Abdul Magomaev Abdul Majeed

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