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tli.y terminate in short tendons which radiate into tin 1 aponeun 



I i the middle finger receiving th< 



inn ' while the tendon of the first | to the r. 



the last to the ulnar i' the rii 



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the palm, the two ulnar muscles (the second and third ituated beside the abductor polli 



and the first or radial one beneath the latter muscle. They arise by a single head, th< 

 coming from the ulnar border of the metacarpal bone oi the index-finger and the second and third 

 from the radial sides oi the fourth and fifth metacarpal bom s. Each muscle is inserted into the 

 extensor tendon oi the linger from the metacarpal bone of which it takes its origin. The 

 index tmger consequently receives the tendon of an interosseus dorsalis upon its radial side and 



