Muscular system
Flexor carpi radialis
Flexor radialis carpi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Superficial part of anterior compartment of forearm
DescriptionUnreviewed
In anatomy, flexor carpi radialis is a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and (radially) abduct the hand.
The Latin carpus means wrist; hence flexor carpi is a flexor of the wrist.
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Names
- Latin
- Flexor radialis carpi
- English
- Flexor carpi radialis
- French
- Fléchisseur radial du carpe
- Spanish
- Flexor radial del carpo
- Portuguese
- Flexor carpi radialis