Extensor digiti minimi

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Extensor digiti minimi is a skeletal muscle that originates at the anterior portion of the lateral epicondyle of the humerus (common extensor tendon) Inserts to extensor expansion, located at the base of the proximal phalanx of the finger on the dorsal side, and is supplied by (artery, nerve) and actions include posterior interosseous artery which originates from the common interosseous artery and more proximally, the ulnar artery posterior interosseous nerve (C7, C8) extends the little finger at all joints



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