extensor digitorum

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extensor digitorum,

a muscle of the posterior forearm. It divides distally into four tendons that pass under the extensor retinaculum and diverge on the back of the hand, inserting into the second and third phalanges of the medial four fingers. It functions to extend the phalanges and, by continued action, the wrist. Also called extensor digitorum communis.

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