Definition of Thenar. Meaning of Thenar. Synonyms of Thenar

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Definition of Thenar

Thenar
Thenal The"nal, Thenar The"nar, a. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.
Thenar
Thenar The"nar, n. (Anat.) (a) The palm of the hand. (b) The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

Meaning of Thenar from wikipedia

- reflex. The word thenar comes from Gr**** θέναρ (thenar) 'palm of the hand'. The following three muscles are considered part of the thenar eminence: Abductor...
- long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group. The human thumb also has other muscles in the thenar group (opponens and abductor brevis muscle)...
- the distal part of the forearm. It supplies sensory innervation to the thenar eminence of the palm and the central palm. Articular branches are given...
- nerve which supplies the thenar muscles. It is also occasionally referred to as the thenar branch of the median nerve, or the thenar muscular branch of the...
- runs deep to the transverse carpal ligament (TCL) causes atrophy of the thenar eminence, weakness of the flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, abductor...
- ability to abduct and oppose the thumb may be lost due to paralysis of the thenar muscles. Various other symptoms can occur which may be repaired through...
- long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group. The human thumb also has other muscles in the thenar group (opponens and abductor brevis muscle)...
- This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy. There are around 640 skeletal muscles within the typical human body. Almost every muscle constitutes...
- ulnar nerves from the brachial plexus. The intrinsic muscle groups are the thenar (thumb) and hypothenar (little finger) muscles; the interossei muscles (four...
- muscles of the thumb can be divided into two groups; the thenar eminence and other muscles. The thenar eminence refers to the group of muscles on the palm...
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