adductor pollicis

A hand muscle.

Action
Adducts thumb.

Nerve
Ulnar.

Origin
Transverse head (shaft of 3rd metacarpal); oblique head (front base of 2nd metacarpal, trapezoid, capitate bones).

Insertion
Medial base of proximal phalanx of thumb.

Mentioned in

adductor pollicis (muscle)
adductor pollicis muscle
ADP
caput obliquum musculi adductoris pollicis
caput transversum musculi adductoris pollicis
deep branch of the ulnar nerve
deep branch of ulnar nerve
median nerve
oblique head
retroadductor space
thenar muscles
transverse head
ulnar nerve

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