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profundus

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profundus /pro·fun·dus/ (pro-fun´dus) [L.] deep.
profundus [pro-fun´dus] (L.)
deep.

profundus
[L.] deep.


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There are four tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle going to fingers 2-5, responsible for flexing the middle joint of the fingers (Figure 1A), four tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus muscle also going to fingers 2-5 responsible for flexing the distal joint of the fingers (Figure 1B), and one tendon from the flexor pollicus longus muscle going to the thumb to flex the thumb (Figure 1C).
1997), weight lifters or bodybuilders who lift excessive weights (Hamilton, 1984), or bowlers with repeated flexor profundus muscle contraction (Escher, 1997).
More recently, a relationship has been demonstrated between the onset of vitellogenesis and the sinking of phytodetrital matter in Leucon profundus, an abyssal cumacean, also from the Rockall Trough (Bishop & Shalla 1994).
 
 
 
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