pronator teres

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pronator teres

[ter′əs]

a superficial muscle of the forearm, arising from a humeral and an ulnar head and ending in a flat tendon that inserts into the radius. It functions to pronate the hand. Compare flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum superficialis, palmaris longus.

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