Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
The extensor carpi radialis brevis is important in racket sports and golf which require strong wrist extension (movements where the wrist bends backwards).
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Wrist & Hand
Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus
Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus is, as the name suggests, the longer of the two extensor carpi radialis muscles as its origin is the ridge above
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
Extensor carpi ulnaris is located on the back (dorsum) of the forearm amongst the other wrist extensors. This is the only muscle responsible for ulnar
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Extensor digitorum communis
Extensor Digitorum Communis is sometimes simply referred to as Extensor Digitorum. It is one of the extensor muscles of the wrist, found in the forearm.
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Extensor Pollicis Longus
The tendon of Extensor Pollicis Longus can be seen on the radial side of the wrist, at the base of the thumb where it forms
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Flexor Carpi Radialis
Flexor Carpi Radialis is a wrist muscle which also crosses the elbow joint and so is also a weak elbow flexor.
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Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Flexor carpi ulnaris is one of the wrist flexor muscles of the front (palmar) aspect of the forearm. It also helps extensor carpi ulnaris to
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Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis is sometimes also known as Flexor Digitorum Sublimis. It is one of the wrist and hand flexor muscles. It is found in
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Flexor Pollicis Longus
The word pollicis refers to the thumb and so the flexor pollicis longus is the long muscle which flexes the thumb!
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