Common flexor tendon

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Front of the left forearm. Superficial muscles. (Common flexor tendon not labeled, but region is visible at upper left.)

The common flexor tendon is a tendon shared by a number of superficial flexor muscles in the forearm. It attaches to the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

It serves as the origin (in part) for a number of muscles (the superficial muscles of the anterior compartment of the forearm)

[edit] See also

Anterior	coracobrachialis · biceps brachii · brachialis

Posterior	triceps brachii · anconeus · Articularis cubiti

Fascia	Axillary sheath · Axillary fascia · Brachial fascia · intermuscular septa (Lateral, Medial)

Other	spaces (Quadrangular space, Triangular space, Triangular interval)

Anterior	superficial: pronator teres · palmaris longus · flexor carpi radialis · flexor carpi ulnaris · flexor digitorum superficialis deep: pronator quadratus · flexor digitorum profundus · flexor pollicis longus

Posterior	superficial: mobile wad (brachioradialis, extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis) · extensor digitorum · extensor digiti minimi · extensor carpi ulnaris deep: supinator · anatomical snuff box (abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis, extensor pollicis longus) · extensor indicis

Fascia	Bicipital aponeurosis · common tendons (Extensor, Flexor) · Antebrachial fascia

Other	Cubital tunnel

Lateral volar	thenar (opponens pollicis, flexor pollicis brevis, abductor pollicis brevis) · adductor pollicis

Medial volar	hypothenar (opponens digiti minimi, flexor digiti minimi brevis, abductor digiti minimi) · palmaris brevis

Intermediate	lumbrical · interossei (dorsal, palmar)

Fascia	posterior: Extensor retinaculum · Extensor expansion anterior: Flexor retinaculum · Palmar aponeurosis