Anatomy study note · Upper limb

Hypothenar muscles

The short muscles of the little finger: abductor digiti minimi, flexor digiti minimi and opponens digiti minimi, with palmaris brevis in the skin over them.

Key points

• ADM (pisiform), FDM, ODM (retinaculum).
• Deep branch of the ulnar nerve; palmaris brevis = superficial branch.
• ODM cups the palm.
• Ulnar nerve lesion → hypothenar wasting.
• Limb muscles: in situ from limb-bud mesenchyme.
• Upper limb bud C4–T2; lower limb bud L2–S2.
• Skeletal muscle: multinucleated, peripheral nuclei, striated.
• Epimysium → perimysium → endomysium.

The full note in the atlas also covers

Origin · Insertion · Action · Nerve supply · Histology · Development

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 3, PDF pp. 315–316
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 7, PDF p. 109; ch. 10, PDF pp. 142–145
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 8, PDF pp. 135–144

More from the upper limb

• Infraspinatus
• Intercarpal and carpometacarpal joints
• Interossei of the hand
• Latissimus dorsi
• Levator scapulae
• Long thoracic nerve
• Lumbricals of the hand
• Medial cutaneous nerves of arm and forearm
• Median cubital vein
• Median nerve
• Metacarpal bones
• Metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the hand

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