abductor digiti minimi
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abductor digiti minimi
A muscle originating on the pisiform bone in the wrist and inserting onto the ulnar base of the proximal phalanx of the fifth digit. Its primary actions are abduction and flexion of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint.
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