ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS
\ɐbdˈʌktə pˈɒlɪsˌɪs bɹˈɛvɪs], \ɐbdˈʌktə pˈɒlɪsˌɪs bɹˈɛvɪs], \ɐ_b_d_ˈʌ_k_t_ə p_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_s b_ɹ_ˈɛ_v_ɪ_s]\
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A short, flat, triangular muscle, which arises from the anterior surface of the os scaphoides and the annular ligament of the carpus, and terminates at the outside of the upper extremity of the first phalanx of the thumb. A particular portion, on the inner side of this muscle, is called, by Albinus, Abductor brevis alter.
By Robley Dunglison
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