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Type

Muscle

Japanese

長母指外転筋

Reading

ちょうぼしがいてんきん

English

Abductor pollicis longus

Latin

Musculus abductor pollicis longus

Main functions

Wrist and hand movement

Connections

Articles

• What are the abductors of the thumb (abductor pollicis longus and brevis)? Position, function and nerve supply

Also mentioned in

• Posterior interosseous nerve: course and the extensors it supplies
• Radial nerve: course around the humerus, extensors and English name
• Saddle joint: where it is and why the base of the thumb moves so freely