Extensor digiti minimi muscle
Extensor digiti minimi muscle |
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Tendons of the back of the hand. The tendon of the extensor digiti minimi muscle is below the kl. Fingers with QUNITI PROP. labeled |
origin |
Common tendon of the extensors and interosseous membrane |
approach |
Dorsal (back) side of the little finger |
function |
Little finger extensor |
Innervation |
Radial nerve of the brachial plexus |
Spinal segments |
C7, C8 |
The extensor digiti minimi ( Latin for little finger extensor ) or extensor digiti quinti proprius muscle is one of the muscles of the superficial extensor muscles of the back of the forearm . Functionally, it belongs to the extensor digitorum muscle , but since it has its own tendon that runs through the fifth tendon sheath of the extensor retinaculum , it is considered separately.