Muscular system
Flexor pollicis longus
Flexor longus pollicis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Deep part of anterior compartment of forearm
DescriptionUnreviewed
The flexor pollicis longus (FPL, Latin flexor, bender; pollicis, of the thumb; longus, long) is a muscle in the forearm and hand that flexes the thumb.
It lies in the same plane as the flexor digitorum profundus.
This muscle is unique to humans, being either rudimentary or absent in other primates.
A meta-analysis indicated accessory flexor pollicis longus is present in around 48% of the population.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Flexor longus pollicis
- English
- Flexor pollicis longus
- French
- Muscle long fléchisseur du pouce
- Spanish
- Flexor largo del pulgar
- Portuguese
- Flexor longus do polegar