Muscles of the Anterior Hand – Deep View

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The muscles of the anterior hand seen in this deep view are the:

• • • Abductor pollicis brevis (cut)
    • Flexor pollicis brevis (cut)
    • Opponens pollicis
    • Abductor digiti minimi manus (cut)
    • Flexor digiti minimi manus (cut)
    • Opponens digiti minimi
    • Adductor pollicis
    • Lumbricals manus
    • Palmar interossei
    • Dorsal interossei manus

Also seen are the:

• Flexor digitorum superficialis (cut)
• Flexor digitorum profundus (cut)

Notes:

• • • The abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis are in the thenar eminence group of intrinsic muscles of the hand.
    • The abductor digiti minimi manus, flexor digiti minimi manus, and opponens digiti minimi are in the hypothenar eminence group of intrinsic muscles of the hand.
    • The adductor pollicis, lumbricals manus, palmar interossei, and dorsal interossei manus are in the central compartment group of intrinsic muscles of the hand.

Muscles of the thenar eminence, hypothenar eminence, and central compartment group are seen in this deep view of the right-side anterior hand.