flexor pollicis longus muscle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008446
A muscle in the forearm and hand that flexes the thumb. It lies in the same plane as the flexor digitorum profundus. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexor_pollicis_longus_muscle ]
Term info
- Wikipedia:Flexor_pollicis_longus_muscle
- SCTID:361818001
- FMA:38481
Modern humans are unique among hominids in having a flexor pollicis longus (FPL) muscle belly that is separate from that of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP). While the FPL is not a separate muscle belly in extant great apes, a distinct tendon from the FDP belly might be present. In some individuals this tendon tend to act more like a ligament which restricts extension of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb. In orangutans there is a tendon similar in insertion and function to the FPL in humans, but which has an intrinsic origin on the oblique head of the adductor pollicis
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/FPL.png
flexor pollicis, musculus flexor pollicis longus, flexor pollicis longus, flexor pollicis muscle
uberon
UBERON:0008446
Flexor pollicis longus
Term relations
- forelimb zeugopod muscle
- has muscle origin some radius bone
- has muscle antagonist some extensor pollicis longus muscle
- only in taxon some Homo sapiens
- has muscle insertion some proximal epiphysis of distal phalanx of manual digit 1