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Hand - Hypothenar Muscles
Hypothenar compartment:
Opponens digiti minimi
- Originates on the hook of the hamate and the flexor retinaculum
- Inserts on the medial side of the fifth metacarpal
- Opposes digit 5.
- Originates on the hook of the hamate and the flexor retinaculum
- Inserts on the medial side of the base of the proximal phalanx of digit 5
- Flexes digit 5.
- Originates on the pisiform (and, in some cases, from the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris)
- Inserts near flexor opponens digiti minimi on the base of the proximal phalanx of digit 5
- Abducts digit 5.