Muscular system
Abductor pollicis longus
Abductor longus pollicis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Deep part of posterior compartment of forearm
DescriptionUnreviewed
In human anatomy, the abductor pollicis longus (APL) is one of the extrinsic muscles of the hand.
Its major function is to abduct the thumb at the wrist.
Its tendon forms the anterior border of the anatomical snuffbox.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Abductor longus pollicis
- English
- Abductor pollicis longus
- French
- Long abducteur du pouce
- Spanish
- Abductor largo del pulgar
- Portuguese
- Abdutor longo do polegar