Summary
| Location: | In the palm of the hand, forming the thenar eminence, thumb ball. |
Information
| Group: | Wrist and Hand |
| Subgroup: | Thenar Muscles |
| Side(s) of body: | Front |
| Function/action: | Thumb Abductor |
Details
| Joint: | Carpometacarpal |
| Bone: | Metacarpals |
| Origin: | Transverse carpal ligament and the proximal part of the flexor retinaculum at the base of the hand. |
| Insertion: | Radial side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb. |