Preferred Label : Wrist Joint Flexor Muscles;
NCIt definition : A group of muscles located in the anterior compartment of the forearm that allow plantar
flexion of the wrist, as well as other movements of the wrist and fingers. The wrist
flexors, including the flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor carpi ulnaris,
flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus
muscles, originate on the medial distal humerus or anterior ulna and radius, and insert
into the anterior surfaces of the carpals, metacarpals and phalanges.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: A group of muscles in the upper extremity, the flexor carpi radialis, palmaris
longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus,
and flexor pollicis longus muscles; primary function is flexion, adduction, and abduction
of the wrist, and flexion and adduction of the fingers.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL979121;
Origin ID : C166004;
UMLS CUI : C5237618;
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