hypothenar eminence

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hy·po·the·nar em·i·nence

[TA]
the fleshy mass at the medial side of the palm.
Synonym(s): hypothenar (1) [TA], eminentia hypothena'ris ☆ , hypothenar prominence

hypothenar eminence

[hīpoth′ənär, hī′pōthē′när]
Etymology: Gk, hypo + thenar, palm
a fleshy pad on the ulnar side of the palm of the hand.

hy·po·the·nar em·i·nence

(hī'pō-thē'năr em'i-nĕns) [TA]
The fleshy mass at the medial side of the palm.
Synonym(s): hypothenar (1) .

hypothenar eminence

The minor muscle bulk on the palm of the hand on the little finger side opposite the ball of the thumb (the THENAR eminence).
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Atrophy of the first dorsal interosseous and hypothenar muscles is common.
An approach to the painful upper limb: pain in the upper limb is a common presenting complaint in the primary health care setting and the origins of such pain are wide and varied
The deep branch curves around the hook of the hamate and turns radially across the interossei, supplying the hypothenar muscles, the ulnar two lumbricals, all the interossei, and the adductor pollicis.
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For clinical work, stimulation was applied to the median or ulnar nerve at the wrist by a constant current pulse and the EMG was recorded from the thenar or hypothenar muscles in the hand.
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