Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
flexor pollicis longus muscle
Go to external page
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008446
A muscle in the forearm and hand that flexes the thumb. It lies in the same plane as the flexor digitorum profundus. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexor_pollicis_longus_muscle ]
Term info
Label
flexor pollicis longus muscle
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/FPL.png
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
flexor pollicis, musculus flexor pollicis longus, flexor pollicis longus, flexor pollicis muscle
id
UBERON:0008446
taxon notes
Modern humans are unique among hominids in having a flexor pollicis longus (FPL) muscle belly that is separate from that of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP). While the FPL is not a separate muscle belly in extant great apes, a distinct tendon from the FDP belly might be present. In some individuals this tendon tend to act more like a ligament which restricts extension of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb. In orangutans there is a tendon similar in insertion and function to the FPL in humans, but which has an intrinsic origin on the oblique head of the adductor pollicis