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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:antiquewhite">Extensor digiti minimi</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray424.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gray424.png/250px-Gray424.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gray424.png/375px-Gray424.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Gray424.png 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="700" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The synovial sheaths of the tendons on the back of the wrist. (Extensor digiti quinti proprius labeled at center left.)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_muscle#Insertion_and_origin" title="Anatomical terms of muscle">Origin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">The anterior portion of the <a href="/wiki/Lateral_epicondyle_of_the_humerus" title="Lateral epicondyle of the humerus">lateral epicondyle of the humerus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Common_extensor_tendon" title="Common extensor tendon">common extensor tendon</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_muscle#Insertion_and_origin" title="Anatomical terms of muscle">Insertion</a></th><td class="infobox-data">At the <a href="/wiki/Extensor_expansion" title="Extensor expansion">extensor expansion</a>, located at the base of the <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_bone" title="Phalanx bone">middle and distal phalanx</a> of digit V on the dorsal side</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">Artery</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_interosseous_artery" title="Posterior interosseous artery">Posterior interosseous artery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nerve" title="Nerve">Nerve</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_interosseous_nerve" title="Posterior interosseous nerve">Posterior interosseous nerve</a> (C7, 8)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_motion" title="Anatomical terms of motion">Actions</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Extends the wrist and the <a href="/wiki/Little_finger" title="Little finger">little finger</a> at all joints</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Antagonist_(muscle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antagonist (muscle)">Antagonist</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digiti_minimi_brevis_(hand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digiti minimi brevis (hand)">Flexor digiti minimi brevis</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>musculus extensor digiti minimi</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/04.6.02.044%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A04.6.02.044</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=2506">2506</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma38503">38503</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_muscle" title="Anatomical terms of muscle">Anatomical terms of muscle</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19030" class="extiw" title="d:Q19030">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>extensor digiti minimi </b> (<b>extensor digiti quinti proprius</b>) is a slender muscle of the <a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">forearm</a>, placed on the ulnar side of the <a href="/wiki/Extensor_digitorum_communis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor digitorum communis">extensor digitorum communis</a>, with which it is generally connected. </p><p>It arises from the common extensor tendon by a thin tendinous slip and frequently from the <a href="/wiki/Medial_intermuscular_septum_of_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Medial intermuscular septum of arm">intermuscular septa</a> between it and the adjacent muscles. </p><p>Its tendon passes through a compartment of the extensor retinaculum, posterior to distal radio-ulnar joint, then divides into two as it crosses the dorsum of the hand, and finally joins the <a href="/wiki/Extensor_digitorum_communis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor digitorum communis">extensor digitorum</a> tendon. All three tendons attach to the dorsal digital expansion of the fifth digit (little finger). There may be a slip of tendon to the fourth digit. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations">Variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extensor_digiti_minimi_muscle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>An additional fibrous slip from the <a href="/wiki/Lateral_epicondyle_of_the_humerus" title="Lateral epicondyle of the humerus">lateral epicondyle</a>: The tendon of insertion may not divide or may send a slip to the <a href="/wiki/Ring_finger" title="Ring finger">ring finger</a>.</li> <li>Absence of the muscle is rare; fusion of the belly with the <a href="/wiki/Extensor_digitorum_communis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor digitorum communis">extensor digitorum communis</a> is not uncommon.</li> <li>Variations of the fifth extensor compartment, which the extensor digiti minimi runs through, may cause tenosynovitis and can limit the use of the extensor digiti minimi.</li> <li>The extensor digiti minimi can also be bifurcated, which means split, at many different points in the muscle.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extensor_digiti_minimi_muscle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The extensor digiti minimi is a two joint muscle. It acts as an extensor in both joints. It extends the wrist, which means it moves the back of the hand toward the back of the forearm. It also extends the little finger, which means it straightens the little finger from a fist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extensor_digiti_minimi_muscle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray214.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Bones of left forearm. Posterior aspect."><img alt="Bones of left forearm. Posterior aspect." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gray214.png/68px-Gray214.png" decoding="async" width="68" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gray214.png/103px-Gray214.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gray214.png/137px-Gray214.png 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="1254" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bones of left forearm. Posterior aspect.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Posterior surface of the forearm. Superficial muscles."><img alt="Posterior surface of the forearm. Superficial muscles." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png/39px-Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png" decoding="async" width="39" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png/59px-Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png/78px-Musculusextensordigitiminimi.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Posterior surface of the forearm. Superficial muscles.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray421.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna."><img alt="Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Gray421.png/120px-Gray421.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Gray421.png/180px-Gray421.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Gray421.png/240px-Gray421.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carpal-Tunnel.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Transverse section across the wrist and digits."><img alt="Transverse section across the wrist and digits." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Carpal-Tunnel.svg/120px-Carpal-Tunnel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Carpal-Tunnel.svg/180px-Carpal-Tunnel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Carpal-Tunnel.svg/240px-Carpal-Tunnel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="661" data-file-height="404" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Transverse section across the wrist and digits.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide5SSSS.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Extensor digiti minimi muscle"><img alt="Extensor digiti minimi muscle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Slide5SSSS.JPG/120px-Slide5SSSS.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Slide5SSSS.JPG/180px-Slide5SSSS.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Slide5SSSS.JPG/240px-Slide5SSSS.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Extensor digiti minimi muscle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide11SSSS.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Extensor digiti minimi muscle"><img alt="Extensor digiti minimi muscle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Slide11SSSS.JPG/120px-Slide11SSSS.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Slide11SSSS.JPG/180px-Slide11SSSS.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Slide11SSSS.JPG/240px-Slide11SSSS.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Extensor digiti minimi muscle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide13TTTT.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Extensor digiti minimi muscle"><img alt="Extensor digiti minimi muscle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Slide13TTTT.JPG/120px-Slide13TTTT.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Slide13TTTT.JPG/180px-Slide13TTTT.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Slide13TTTT.JPG/240px-Slide13TTTT.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Extensor digiti minimi muscle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide1MAM.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Muscles of hand. Posterior view."><img alt="Muscles of hand. Posterior view." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Slide1MAM.JPG/120px-Slide1MAM.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Slide1MAM.JPG/180px-Slide1MAM.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Slide1MAM.JPG/240px-Slide1MAM.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Muscles of hand. Posterior view.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide2TAT.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Muscles of hand. Posterior view."><img alt="Muscles of hand. Posterior view." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Slide2TAT.JPG/120px-Slide2TAT.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Slide2TAT.JPG/180px-Slide2TAT.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Slide2TAT.JPG/240px-Slide2TAT.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Muscles of hand. Posterior view.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extensor_digiti_minimi_muscle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray#page/451/mode/2up">page 451</a> of the 20th edition of</i> <a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Anatomy" title="Gray's Anatomy">Gray's Anatomy</a> <i>(1918)</i> </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSaladin2012" class="citation book cs1">Saladin, Kenneth S (2012). <i>Anatomy & Physiology: the Unity of Form and Function</i> (6th ed.). 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