Summary
Location: | In the palm of the hand, between the metacarpal bones, flexing the metacarpophalangeal joints and extending the interphalangeal joints. |
Information
Group: | Wrist and Hand |
Side(s) of body: | Front |
Function/action: | Metacarpophalangeal Flexor, Interphalangeal Extensor |
Details
Joint: | Metacarpophalangeal, Interphalangeal |
Bone: | Radius, Carpals, Phalanges |
Origin: | Tendons of flexor digitorum profundus. |
Insertion: | Extensor expansions of second to fifth fingers. |