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extensor carpi radialis brevis |
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extensor carpi radialis brevis Etymology: L, extendere + Gk, karpos, wrist; L, radius, ray, brevis, short one of the muscles of the posterior forearm. It inserts into the dorsal surface of the third metacarpal bone and functions to extend the hand and forearm. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Both treatment regimens will inhibit fibroblast activity and impair collagen production in injured superficial tendons such as the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon in the lateral elbow (which is usually partially ruptured in patients who are middle-aged). 33) Ljung and colleagues (34,35) established that sympathetic axons were associated with arterioles and that primary afferent axons were associated with smaller-diameter vasculature originating in the human extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon. Compartment two contains the extensor carpi radialis longus and extensor carpi radialis brevis tendons. |
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