Muscular system
Extensor carpi radialis brevis
Extensor radialis brevis carpi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Superficial part of posterior compartment of forearm
DescriptionUnreviewed
In human anatomy, extensor carpi radialis brevis is a muscle in the forearm that acts to extend and abduct the wrist.
It is shorter and thicker than its namesake extensor carpi radialis longus which can be found above the proximal end of the extensor carpi radialis brevis.
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Muscle attachments
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Extensor radialis brevis carpi
- English
- Extensor carpi radialis brevis
- French
- Court extenseur radial du carpe
- Spanish
- Extensor radial corto del carpo
- Portuguese
- Extensor carpi radialis brevis