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. 2021 Dec 8;15:774596. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2021.774596

TABLE 2.

Muscle parameters for the Japanese macaque hand.

muscle name Abb PCSA (cm2) max. force (N)
1 Flexor digitorum superficialis FDS
FDS2 FDS2 0.45 10.4
FDS3 FDS3 0.85 19.6
FDS4 FDS4 0.95 21.9
FDS5 FDS5 1.23 28.3
2 Flexor digitorum profundus FDP
FDP1 FDP1 0.00 0.0
FDP2 FDP2 1.81 41.6
FDP3 FDP3 1.39 32.0
FDP4 FDP4 1.29 29.7
FDP5 FDP5 1.63 37.5
3 Extensor digitorum communis EDC
EDC2 EDC2 0.29 6.7
EDC3 EDC3 0.08 1.8
EDC4 EDC4 0.12 2.8
EDC5 EDC5 0.32 7.4
4 Extensor digiti secundi & tertii proprius
ED2P ED2P 0.23 5.3
ED3P ED3P 0.08 1.8
5 Extensor digiti quarti & quinti proprius
ED4P ED4P 0.22 5.1
ED5P ED5P 0.19 4.4
6 Abductor pollicis longus ABPL 2.67 61.4
7 Extensor pollicis longus EPL 0.19 4.4
8 Abductor pollicis brevis ABPB 0.71 16.3
9 Flexor pollicis brevis FPB 0.32 7.4
10 Opponens pollicis OP 0.34 7.8
11 Adductor pollicis ADP
ADP oblique ADPo 0.17 3.9
ADP transverse ADPt 0.43 9.9
12 Abductor digiti minimi ABDM 1.17 26.9
13 Flexor digiti minimi brevis FDMB 0.33 7.6
14 Opponens digiti minimi ODM 0.63 14.5
15 Dorsal interosseous 1 radial head 1DIOr 0.52 12.0
Dorsal interosseous 1 ulnar head 1DIOu 0.52 12.0
16 Dorsal interosseous 2 radial head 2DIOr 0.40 9.1
Dorsal interosseous 2 ulnar head 2DIOu 0.40 9.1
17 Dorsal interosseous 3 radial head 3DIOr 0.30 6.9
Dorsal interosseous 3 ulnar head 3DIOu 0.30 6.9
18 Dorsal interosseous 4 radial head 4DIOr 0.23 5.3
Dorsal interosseous 4 ulnar head 4DIOu 0.23 5.3
19 Palmar interosseous 1 1PIO 0.56 12.9
20 Palmar interosseous 2 2PIO 0.18 4.1
21 Palmar interosseous 3 3PIO 0.24 5.5
22 Contrahens digiti quarti CD4 0.21 4.8
23 Contrahens digiti quinti CD5 0.22 5.1
Contrahens digiti scundi CD2 0.00 0.0

Abb, abbreviation; PCSA, physiological cross-sectional area of muscle.