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Extensor pollicis brevis muscle

Forearm muscle which moves the thumb

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Structure

The extensor pollicis brevis arises from the ulna distal to the abductor pollicis longus, from the interosseous membrane, and from the dorsal surface of the radius.

Its direction is similar to that of the abductor pollicis longus, its tendon passing the same groove on the lateral side of the lower end of the radius, to be inserted into the base of the first phalanx of the thumb.

Variation

Absence; fusion of tendon with that of the extensor pollicis longus or abductor pollicis longus muscle.

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