Muscle Name:

• Common Name: Lumbrical Muscles

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Group of muscles)

Movement:

• Primary movements:
  • Flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP joints)
  • Extension at the interphalangeal joints (IP joints)

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus
• Insertion:
  • Extensor expansions (dorsal hoods) of the fingers (digits 2-5)

Related Muscles:

• Flexor Digitorum Profundus
• Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
• Extensor Digitorum
• Interosseous Muscles of the Hand

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