Little finger
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| Little finger | |
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| Little finger | |
| Latin | digitus minimus manus, digitus quintus, digitus V |
| Artery | ulnar artery |
| Nerve | ulnar nerve |
| Lymph | supratrochlear |
The little finger, often called the pinky in American English, pinkie in Scottish English (from the Dutch word pink, and ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe, "five", "finger"), or small finger in medicine, is the most ulnar and usually smallest finger of the human hand, opposite the thumb, next to the ring finger.
[edit] Muscles
There are four muscles that control the little finger: Three intrinsic muscles comprising a group called the hypothenar eminence, and one extrinsic, the extensor digiti minimi:
- hypothenar eminence
- Opponens digiti minimi muscle
- Abductor minimi digiti muscle (adduction from third palmar interossei)
- Flexor digiti minimi brevis (the "longus" is absent in most humans)
- Extensor digiti minimi muscle
- Fourth lumbrical muscle
[edit] References
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[edit] See also
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