Posterior surface of the forearm. Extensor carpi ulnaris labeled in purple at center right.
Details
Origin
Humeral head: Lateral epicondyle of the humerus. Ulnar head: Olecranon, posterior surface of ulna, antebrachial fascia
Insertion
5th metacarpal
Artery
Ulnar artery
Nerve
Posterior interosseous nerve
Actions
Extends and adducts the wrist
Antagonist
Flexor carpi radialis
Identifiers
Latin
musculus extensor carpi ulnaris
TA98
A04.6.02.045
TA2
2507
FMA
38506
Anatomical terms of muscle
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In human anatomy, the extensor carpi ulnaris is a skeletal muscle located on the ulnar side of the forearm. The extensor carpi ulnaris acts to extend and adduct at the carpus/wrist from anatomical position.
Being an extensor muscle, extensor carpi ulnaris is located on the posterior side of the forearm.
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The flexor carpiulnaris (FCU) is a muscle of the forearm that flexes and adducts at the wrist joint. The flexor carpiulnaris has two heads; a humeral...
The extensorcarpi radialis longus is one of the five main muscles that control movements at the wrist. This muscle is quite long, starting on the lateral...
In human anatomy, extensorcarpi radialis brevis is a muscle in the forearm that acts to extend and abduct the wrist. It is shorter and thicker than its...
flexor carpi radialis is a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and (radially) abduct the hand. The Latin carpus means wrist; hence flexor carpi is...
Extensorcarpimuscle may refer to: Extensorcarpi radialis brevis muscleExtensorcarpi radialis longus muscleExtensorcarpiulnarismuscle This disambiguation...
The palmaris longus is a muscle visible as a small tendon located between the flexor carpi radialis and the flexor carpiulnaris, although it is not always...
aponeurosis which affords a common origin to the flexor carpiulnaris, the extensorcarpiulnaris, and the flexor digitorum profundus; its lower fourth...
lumbrical muscles to form the extensorhood mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the...
finger. The extensorcarpiulnaris passes through the sixth compartment to insert to the base of the fifth metacarpal bone. The muscles of the posterior...
disk, and behind, by a shallow groove for the tendon of the extensorcarpiulnarismuscle. The styloid process of the ulna varies from 2 to 6 mm in length...
surface. The forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the wrist, flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow...
and intrinsic muscle groups. The extrinsic muscle groups are the long flexors and extensors. They are called extrinsic because the muscle belly is located...
T1). It is one of two flexor muscles that is not exclusively supplied by the median nerve (the other is flexor carpiulnaris). In the forearm, the median...
the most variable hypothenar muscle, and might be joined by accessory slips from the tendon of the flexor carpiulnaris, the flexor retinaculum, the fascia...
palmaris longus and flexor carpiulnaris are partly attached to the surface of the retinaculum; below, the short muscles of the thumb and little finger...
This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy, with muscle counts and other information. Skeletal muscle maps Anterior view Posterior view...
out of politics European Chess Union Evidence Control Unit Extensorcarpiulnarismuscle Extreme close-up This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
tenosynovitis). The other two most commonly injured are the sixth (extensorcarpiulnaris) and second (intersection syndrome) compartments. The first compartment...
in the fifth, and extensor carpiulnaris is in the sixth. The intrinsic muscle groups are the thenar and hypothenar muscles (thenar referring to the thumb...
a prominent tubercle for the insertion of the tendon of the extensorcarpiulnarismuscle. The dorsal surface of the body is divided by an oblique ridge...
Assist with wrist extension and radial flexion of the wrist Extensor CarpiUlnaris: Inserts on the base of metacarpal V; Extends and fixes wrist when digits...
The extensormuscles in the forearm are the extensorcarpiulnaris, extensor digiti minimi, extensor digitorum, extensor indicis, extensorcarpi radialis...
proprius tendons, (5th) extensor digiti minimi tendon and (6th) extensorcarpiulnaris tendon.[clarification needed] On the dorsal side of the hand, the...
pollicis longus Ulnar adduction (up to 30°): extensorcarpiulnaris, flexor carpiulnaris, extensor digitorum, extensor digiti minimi Movements in the plane of...
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