Muscular system
Dorsal interossei muscles of hand
Musculi interossei dorsales manus
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Muscles of hand
DescriptionUnreviewed
In human anatomy, the dorsal interossei (DI) are four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from hand's midline (ray of middle finger) and assist in flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extension at the interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Names
- Latin
- Musculi interossei dorsales manus
- English
- Dorsal interossei muscles of hand
- French
- Muscles interosseux dorsaux de la main
- Spanish
- Músculos interóseos dorsales de la mano
- Portuguese
- Músculos interósseos dorsais da mão
In the same group
- Abductor digiti minimi of hand
- Abductor pollicis brevis
- Deep head of flexor pollicis brevis
- Flexor digiti minimi of hand
- Lumbrical muscles of hand
- Oblique head of adductor pollicis
- Opponens digiti minimi muscle of hand
- Opponens pollicis muscle
- Palmar interossei muscles
- Superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis
- Transverse head of adductor pollicis