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Preferred Name

Flexor Pollicis Longus Muscle
Synonyms

FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE

Flexor Pollicis Longus Muscle

Definitions

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.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C150851

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle in the forearm, in general extending from the anterior surface of the radius and interosseous membrane to the palmar aspect of the base of the distal phalanx of the thumb; primary function is flexion of the thumb.

code

C150851

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

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.

FULL_SYN

FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE

Flexor Pollicis Longus Muscle

label

Flexor Pollicis Longus Muscle

Preferred_Name

Flexor Pollicis Longus Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C150851

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0224262

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13056

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