Asked in Human Anatomy and Physiology
Human Anatomy and Physiology
What are the names of the muscles in the hand?
Answer

Wiki User
March 09, 2010 8:42PM
The muscles of the hand are as listed below:
- abductor pollicis brevis
- flexor pollicis brevis
- opponens pollicis
- abductor digiti minimi
- flexor digiti minimi
- opponens digiti minimi
- digitorum profundus
- palmer interossei
- dorsal interossei
- flexor retinaculum
- palmer aponeurosi
- flexor digitorum superficialis
These muscles along with many tendons help to control the hand and are broken down into different groups of muscles.
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