Muscular system
Opponens pollicis muscle
Musculus opponens pollicis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Muscles of hand
DescriptionUnreviewed
The opponens pollicis is a small, triangular muscle in the hand, which functions to oppose the thumb.
It is one of the three thenar muscles.
It lies deep to the abductor pollicis brevis and lateral to the flexor pollicis brevis.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculus opponens pollicis
- English
- Opponens pollicis muscle
- French
- Muscle opposant du pouce
- Spanish
- Músculo oponente del pulgar
- Portuguese
- Músculo oponente do polegar
In the same group
- Abductor digiti minimi of hand
- Abductor pollicis brevis
- Deep head of flexor pollicis brevis
- Dorsal interossei muscles of hand
- Flexor digiti minimi of hand
- Lumbrical muscles of hand
- Oblique head of adductor pollicis
- Opponens digiti minimi muscle of hand
- Palmar interossei muscles
- Superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis
- Transverse head of adductor pollicis