Preferred Name

Opponens Pollicis Muscle

Synonyms
Definitions

A muscle that originates on the distal border of the flexor retinaculum and the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium, and inserts into the lateral aspect of the first metacarpal; it is involved in the rotation and flexion of the thumb and is supplied by the recurrent branch of the medial nerve and the superficial palmar branch of the radial artery.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C150853

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle of the arm, in general extending from the distal border of the flexor retinaculum and the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium, to the lateral aspect of the first metacarpal; primary function is rotation and flexion of the thumb.

code

C150853

Contributing_Source

CDISC

definition

A muscle that originates on the distal border of the flexor retinaculum and the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium, and inserts into the lateral aspect of the first metacarpal; it is involved in the rotation and flexion of the thumb and is supplied by the recurrent branch of the medial nerve and the superficial palmar branch of the radial artery.

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77526

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C74456

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66830

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C61410

label

Opponens Pollicis Muscle

Preferred_Name

Opponens Pollicis Muscle

prefixIRI

NCIT:C150853

prefLabel

Opponens Pollicis Muscle

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0224287

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C13056

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