Muscular system
Extensor pollicis brevis
Extensor brevis 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 extensor pollicis brevis is a skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm.
It lies on the medial side of, and is closely connected with, the abductor pollicis longus.
The extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) belongs to the deep group of the posterior fascial compartment of the forearm.[1] It is a part of the lateral border of the anatomical snuffbox.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Extensor brevis pollicis
- English
- Extensor pollicis brevis
- French
- Court extenseur du pouce
- Spanish
- Extensor corto del pulgar
- Portuguese
- Extensor brevis do polegar