Skip to main content
Journal of Anatomy logoLink to Journal of Anatomy
. 1993 Feb;182(Pt 1):109–112.

An accessory extensor digiti minimi arising from extensor carpi ulnaris.

T Nakashima 1
PMCID: PMC1259790  PMID: 8509294

Abstract

In a study of an accessory extensor digiti minimi arising from extensor carpi ulnaris in 240 upper limbs, an accessory tendinous slip originating from extensor carpi ulnaris was observed in the tunnel of the 6th compartment at the wrist in 82 (34.2%). The slip inserted into one of several sites on the 5th metacarpal bone, such as on the base with the main tendon (29.6%), on the midportion (2.5%) or on the head (1.7%). The last type of accessory tendinous slip, which was connected with the extensor aponeurosis of the little finger, is the accessory extensor digiti minimi arising from extensor carpi ulnaris described by Kaplan & Spinner (1984).

Full text

PDF
109

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Barfred T., Adamsen S. Duplication of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon. J Hand Surg Am. 1986 May;11(3):423–425. doi: 10.1016/s0363-5023(86)80155-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. MORI M. STATISTICS ON THE MUSCULATURE OF THE JAPANESE. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn. 1964 Oct;40:195–300. doi: 10.2535/ofaj1936.40.3_195. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Mestdagh H., Bailleul J. P., Vilette B., Bocquet F., Depreux R. Organization of the extensor complex of the digits. Anat Clin. 1985;7(1):49–53. doi: 10.1007/BF01654629. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Anatomy are provided here courtesy of Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

RESOURCES