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Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle

Extensor carpi radialis longus
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Superficial muscles of the forearm. Extensor carpi radialis longus visible in blue.
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Transverse section across the wrist and digits. (Ext. carp. rad. long. labeled at center left.)
Details
Origin lateral supracondylar ridge
Insertion 2nd metacarpal
Artery radial artery
Nerve radial nerve
Actions extensor at the wrist joint, abducts the hand at the wrist
Antagonist Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
Identifiers
Latin musculus extensor carpi radialis longus
Dorlands
/Elsevier
m_22/12548862
TA A04.6.02.040
FMA 38494
Anatomical terms of muscle
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The extensor carpi radialis longus is one of the five main muscles that control movements at the wrist. This muscle is quite long, starting on the lateral side of the humerus, and attaching to the base of the second metacarpal bone (metacarpal of the index finger).

It originates from the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus, from the lateral intermuscular septum, and by a few fibers from the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.

The fibers end at the upper third of the forearm in a flat tendon, which runs along the lateral border of the radius, beneath the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis; it then passes beneath the dorsal carpal ligament, where it lies in a groove on the back of the radius common to it and the extensor carpi radialis brevis, immediately behind the styloid process.

One of the three muscles of the radial forearm group, it initially lies beside the brachioradialis, but becomes mostly tendon early on. Passing between the brachioradialis and the extensor carpi radialis brevis, this tendon continues into the second tendon compartment together with the latter muscle.

It is inserted into the dorsal surface of the base of the second metacarpal bone, on its radial side.


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