KROK 1 2018 – Question 200 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
After a hand fracture the man has lost the ability to touch his little finger with the thumb on the affected hand. Examination of the palmar surface shows one of the palmar muscles to be atrophied. Name the affected muscle:
- A. M. palmaris brevis
- B. M. opponens pollicis
- C. Mm. lumbricales
- D. Mm. interossei
- E. M. flexor digiti minimi
Hint
Break the thumb-to-little-finger movement into its component actions at the base of the thumb, and ask which palmar muscle carries it out.
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