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    compartment of the forearm Extensor carpi radialis longus Extensor carpi radialis brevis Extensor carpi ulnaris Extensor digitorum of phalanges, at all...
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    The extensor digitorum muscle (also known as extensor digitorum communis) is a muscle of the posterior forearm present in humans and other animals. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle
    The extensor carpi radialis longus is one of the five main muscles that control movements at the wrist. This muscle is quite long, starting on the lateral...
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    Toe flexors are innervated by the tibial nerve. Toe extensors (extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus) are innervated by the deep peroneal...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor hallucis longus muscle
    The extensor hallucis longus muscle is a thin skeletal muscle, situated between the tibialis anterior and the extensor digitorum longus. It extends the...
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  • In human anatomy, extensor carpi radialis brevis is a muscle in the forearm that acts to extend and abduct the wrist. It is shorter and thicker than its...
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    The extensor digitorum longus is a pennate muscle, situated at the lateral part of the front of the leg. It arises from the lateral condyle of the tibia;...
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  • In human anatomy, the extensor carpi ulnaris is a skeletal muscle located on the ulnar side of the forearm. The extensor carpi ulnaris acts to extend and...
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    An extensor expansion (extensor hood, dorsal expansion, dorsal hood, dorsal aponeurosis[citation needed]) is the special connective attachments by which...
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    extensor, quadriceps or quads) is a large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. It is the sole extensor muscle...
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    mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form...
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  • The posterior compartment of the forearm (or extensor compartment) contains twelve muscles which primarily extend the wrist and digits. It is separated...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor indicis muscle
    In human anatomy, the extensor indicis (proprius) is a narrow, elongated skeletal muscle in the deep layer of the dorsal forearm, placed medial to, and...
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    The extensor digiti minimi (extensor digiti quinti proprius) is a slender muscle of the forearm, placed on the ulnar side of the extensor digitorum communis...
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  • Thumbnail for Extrinsic extensor muscles of the hand
    Muscles of the posterior forearm The extrinsic extensor muscles of the hand are located in the back of the forearm and have long tendons connecting them...
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    extensor hallucis longus has its origin on the fibula and the interosseus membrane between the two other extensors and is, similarly to the extensor digitorum...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor pollicis brevis muscle
    In human anatomy, the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) is a skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm. It lies on the medial side of, and is closely...
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  • 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...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor digitorum brevis muscle
    The extensor digitorum brevis muscle (sometimes EDB) is a muscle on the upper surface of the foot that helps extend digits 2 through 4. The muscle originates...
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  • In anatomy, the thumb extensors are: extensor pollicis longus muscle extensor pollicis brevis muscle This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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  • forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the wrist, flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow (brachioradialis)...
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  • Extensor retinaculum may refer to: Extensor retinaculum of the hand Superior extensor retinaculum of foot Inferior extensor retinaculum of foot This disambiguation...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor retinaculum of the hand
    The extensor retinaculum (dorsal carpal ligament, or posterior annular ligament) is a thickened portion of the antebrachial fascia that holds the tendons...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor hallucis brevis muscle
    The extensor hallucis brevis is a muscle on the top of the foot that helps to extend the big toe. The extensor hallucis brevis is essentially the medial...
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  • Thumbnail for Inferior extensor retinaculum of foot
    The inferior extensor retinaculum of the foot (cruciate crural ligament, lower part of anterior annular ligament) is a Y-shaped band placed in front of...
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  • Thumbnail for Extensor indicis et medii communis muscle
    The extensor indicis et medii communis is a rare anatomical variant in the extensor compartment of forearm. This additional muscle lies in the deep extensor...
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  • Extensor carpi muscle may refer to: Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle This disambiguation...
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    enthesopathy of the extensor carpi radialis origin, is an enthesopathy (attachment point disease) of the origin of the extensor carpi radialis brevis...
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    lower third; it serves for the origin of three muscles: the extensor digitorum longus, extensor hallucis longus, and peroneus tertius. The posterior surface...
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  • Thumbnail for Crossed extensor reflex
    The crossed extensor reflex or crossed extensor response or crossed extension reflex is a reflex in which the contralateral limb compensates for loss...
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