Muscular system
Extensor indicis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Deep part of posterior compartment of forearm
DescriptionUnreviewed
In human anatomy, the extensor indicis [proprius] is a narrow, elongated skeletal muscle in the deep layer of the dorsal forearm, placed medial to, and parallel with, the extensor pollicis longus.
Its tendon goes to the index finger, which it extends.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Extensor indicis
- English
- Extensor indicis
- French
- Muscle extenseur de l'index
- Spanish
- Extensor del índice
- Portuguese
- Extensor indicis