208 MYOLOGY, OR ANATOMY OF MUSCULAR SYSTEM 



above the wrist; in the palm, as the tendons diverge, they 

 give origin to the lumbricales ; over the proximal and mesial 

 phalanges the tendon is bound down by an osseoaponeurotic 

 sheath, and opposite the proximal phalanx it passes through 



FIG. 33 

 MEDIAN NERVE 



FlG. 31 



LONG FLEXOR OF 

 THE THUMB 



. LONG FLEXORS 

 OF THE FINGERS 



Synovial membranes of tendons in the palm, 

 artificially distended. (Testut.) 



Tendon of flexor sublimis 

 perforated by tendon of 

 flexor profundus. (Testut.) 



an opening in the flexor sublimis tendon, and is finally inserted 

 by an expanded end into the base of the distal phalanx; over 

 the middle and distal phalanx its tendon is marked by a longi- 

 tudinal furrow or cleft. 



