Muscle Name:

• Common Name: Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
• Medical Name: Flexor Carpi Ulnaris

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

Movement:

• Primary movements:
  • Flexion of the wrist joint
  • Ulnar deviation of the wrist joint (bringing the hand towards the little finger side)

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Medial epicondyle of the humerus
  • Olecranon process of the ulna
• Insertion:
  • Pisiform bone
  • Hook of the hamate bone (via the pisohamate ligament)

Related Muscles:

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

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