Medical Definition of Long palmar muscle

1. Origin, medial epicondyle of humerus; insertion, flexor retinaculum of wrist and palmar fascia; action, makes palmar fascia tense and flexes the hand and forearm; is absent about 20% of the time; when tensed, its tendon stands out sharply at the wrist and overlies the median nerve; nerve supply, median. Synonym: musculus palmaris longus, long palmar muscle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Palmar Muscle

long horse
long hundred
long hundredweight
long incubation hepatitis
long interspersed elements
long iron
Long Island
Long Island Sound
long johns
long jump
long levatores costarum muscles
long measure
long moss
long muscle of head
long muscle of neck
long palmar muscle (current term)
long pants
long pepper
long peroneal muscle
long pillow
long plane
long plantar ligament
long process of malleus
long pulse
long QT syndrome
long radial extensor muscle of wrist
long root of ciliary ganglion
long run
long saphenous nerve
long saphenous vein

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