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. 1977;98(4):376-9.
doi: 10.1159/000144816.

An unusual flexor of the fifth finger

N D Carr, J D O'Callaghan, R Vaughan

An unusual flexor of the fifth finger

N D Carr et al. Acta Anat (Basel). 1977.

Abstract

An unusual digastric flexor muscle of the 5th finger is described arising from the medial epicondyle of the right humerus and being inserted into the proximal phalanx of the 5th finger. Also observed was the absence of flexor digiti minimi and the unusual smallness of the tendon of flexor digitorum superficialis of this finger.

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