Muscle Name:

• Common Name: Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
• Medical Name: Flexor Digitorum Superficialis

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

Movement:

• Primary movements:
  • Flexion of the fingers (digits 2-5) at the proximal interphalangeal joints (PIP joints)
  • Assists in wrist flexion

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Medial epicondyle of the humerus
  • Anterior surface of the radius
• Insertion:
  • Middle phalanges of the fingers (digits 2-5)

Related Muscles:

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

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