Figure 33.— Musculature of the hand: a, cross section (1, m. opponens digiti qumti 

 (=opponensdigiti minimi of N.A.);2, m. abductor digiti quinti (= abductor digiti minimi 

 of N.A.); 3, m. flexor digiti quinti (= flexor digiti minimi of N.A.); 4, tendon of m. flexor 

 profundus to digit I; 5, m. flexor poUicis brevis, caput radiale; 6, m. abductor pollicis 

 brevis; 7, m. opponens pollicis; 8, m. flexor pollicis brevis, caput profundum; 9 m. flexor 

 pollicis brevis, caput ulnare; 10, m. adductor pollicis (m. contrahens I); 11, m. contrahens 

 II; 12, m. contrahens V; 13, m. interosseus palmaris digit V) (vertical hatching = mm. 

 interossci dorsales; horizontal hatching = mm. interossei palmares); b, mm. mterossei 

 (1, first dorsal interosseus; 2, first palmar; 3, second dorsal; 4, third dorsal; 5, second 

 palmar; 6, fourth dorsal; 7, third palmar). 



