Muscle Name:

• Common Name: Flexor Carpi Radialis
• Medical Name: Flexor Carpi Radialis

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

Movement:

• Primary movements:
  • Flexion of the wrist joint
  • Radial deviation of the wrist joint (bringing the hand towards the thumb side)

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Medial epicondyle of the humerus
• Insertion:
  • Base of the second metacarpal bone (dorsal aspect)

Related Muscles:

• Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
• Flexor Digitorum Profundus
• Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
• Pronator Teres

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