Thenar eminence
Thenar eminence |
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The mucous sheaths of the tendons on the anterior surface of the wrist and digits |
Transverse section across the wrist and digits (muscles of thumb labeled at upper left) |
Details |
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Artery |
Superficial palmar arch |
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Nerve |
Median nerve |
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Actions |
Control movement of the thumb |
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Latin |
Eminentia thenaris |
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Dorlands /Elsevier |
t_07/12801990 |
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Anatomical terms of muscle The thenar eminence (from the Greek "θέναρ" - thenar, "palm of the hand" and the Latin word "eminentia", meaning projection,) refers to the group of muscles on the palm of the human hand at the base of the thumb. The skin overlying this region is the area stimulated when trying to elicit a palmomental reflex.
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