Flexor pollicis longus muscle
Flexor pollicis longus muscle - a muscle that originates on the anterior surface of the radius and interosseous membrane and inserts into the palmar aspect of the base of the distal phalanx of the thumb; it is involved in flexion of the thumb and is supplied by the anterior interosseous branch of the median nerve and the radial and anterior interosseous arteries.
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