Muscular system
Extensor pollicis longus
Extensor 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 extensor pollicis longus muscle (EPL) is a skeletal muscle located dorsally on the forearm.
It is much larger than the extensor pollicis brevis, the origin of which it partly covers and acts to stretch the thumb together with this muscle.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Extensor longus pollicis
- English
- Extensor pollicis longus
- French
- Long extenseur du pouce
- Spanish
- Extensor largo del pulgar
- Portuguese
- Extensor pollicis longus