Medical Dictionary

thenar muscle

noun

Medical Definition of THENAR MUSCLE

:  any of the muscles that comprise the intrinsic musculature of the thumb and include the abductor pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis

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